This first episode of “Kanjo Kingdom” begins an in-depth investigation into an extortion ring ran by officers from Nairobi City County’s notorious Inspectorate department. Every month, officers from this department fleece hundreds of thousands of hawkers and informal traders of up to one million dollars.
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Nowhere to hide: The Kenyan Government’s equipment that can “listen in” to your phone conversations
The Kenyan government has been intercepting telecommunications to facilitate the arrest, disappearance and extrajudicial murder of terror suspects. This is according to a new report by Privacy International, a UK based non-governmental organization that investigates the secret world of government surveillance and the companies that enable it.
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No Country for Cartoonists – The Exit of GADO Mwapembwa
JAN: “If you could draw a picture of what you felt the moment you received the news, what would it be?”
GADO: “I don’t know!” (Chuckles) “ I was blank!”
It takes a very powerful moment to make a man who has spent almost a quarter of a century filling out blank canvasses with witty cartoons to be, well, blank. Then again, it isn’t every day that you get the news that you are out of a job. After 23 years. -
Righting the Wrongs: What Next for the Bulla Karatasi Community?
It is 4 decades since the Bulla Karatasi massacre happened. With little being done to bring to book those alleged to be responsible for the killing of possibly thousands of ethnic Kenyan Somalis living in Garissa at that time, what is next for a community that is trying to be at peace with itself and the country it calls home? Read More
