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Emmanuel Kipchumba

Finance Bill 2025 site: Activists demand the release of Rose Njeri

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-02 08:00:00

The branding and IT specialist is being accused of encouraging Kenyans to reject the Bill. Rights groups said the arrest signals a trend of criminalising digital civic engagement.

Veteran lawyer urges formation of truth commission over Ajwang murder

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-16 12:25:00

Veteran lawyer John Khaminwa has called for the urgent establishment of a Truth and Accountability Commission in the wake of the death of Albert Ojwang.

Mukhwana: I was following my boss' orders

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-17 06:00:00

To facilitate the act, Mukhwana claims he was given Sh 2,000 to give remandees. The money was allegedly used to buy alcohol for the inmates who were assigned the task.

Lagat to shed light on Ojwang's killing

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-19 06:00:00

Lagat has been implicated in the killing and was a person of interest as the complainant. Twenty officers and four civilians have been questioned with several being arrested.

How DIG Lagat has been cornered over Ojwang's death

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-20 12:20:00

Lagat was summoned by Ipoa to shed light on what he knows about blogger’s death in a cell.

Narcos: Growing trade in consumption of illicit substances in Kenya

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-21 18:15:00

Kenya features in the ENACT Africa Organised Crime Index, owing to its heroin market. It joins South Africa, Mozambique, and Tanzania as countries vulnerable to the destabilising effects of narcotics.

Outrage grows over police violence ahead of Wednesday demos

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-23 00:00:00

Recent killings of unarmed youths by police have sparked nationwide outrage.

Report exposes systemic police abuses in 2024 youth protests

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-24 06:00:00

A new report has exposed widespread human rights violations committed by security forces during the 2024 Gen Z-led protests.

A year of silence for kin missing their loved ones

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-25 08:10:00

In the aftermath of the Gen Z protests, dozens of youths were abducted. For some families, they have not seen their relatives for 12 months now.

Mother in anguish after son's alleged abduction by DCI

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-27 00:00:00

IT expert was picked up last Saturday by people believed to be from the DCI.  Ndiangu’i Kinyagia is linked to mobilsation of Gen Z protesters for June 25th.

Blogger Ndiang'ui missing one week after alleged raid by police

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-29 08:10:00

One week since the mysterious disappearance of Ndiangui Kinyagia, a 35-year-old IT expert and blogger behind the X account Daguin Dd, his whereabouts remain unknown.

Rights groups condemn arrest of three human rights activists

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-06-30 10:47:10

The organisations condemned what they termed as arbitrary, unjustified arrests designed to intimidate human rights advocates and shrink civic space in the country.

Where is Ndiang'ui?

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-01 08:00:00

Blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia has been missing since June 21, when armed officers believed to be from the DCI reportedly stormed his Kinoo residence.

Opposition wants Murkomen ousted over hawker's killing by police

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-01 20:43:31

Opposition leaders have demanded the resignation of Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen over the death of 22-year-old Boniface Kariuki.

Ndiang'ui Kinyagia's puzzle

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-04 08:20:00

Ndiang’ui Kinyagia who went missing on June 21 is a shaken man after he resurfaced in court on Thursday.

Ndiang'ui's case exposes unlawful tracking of citizens by police

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-04 08:00:00

On Saturday, 21 June, Ndiang’ui Kinyagia left behind his gadgets — including phones and laptops — at his Kinoo home and vanished.

Saba Saba victims died from gunshots, postmortems show

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-11 09:49:43

According to the families and human rights activists, the deceased were unarmed civilians, most of them from informal settlements in Nairobi.

Another Kenyan dies in the hands of police, yet again

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-14 09:00:00

Julia Wangui Kariuki, also known as Njoki, died under mysterious circumstances last Friday hours after her admission to the Nanyuki Women’s Prison.

Cover-up claims as civil society details Saba Saba crackdown horror

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-16 08:00:00

Civil society groups under the Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG) have accused state operatives of running a covert crackdown during the Saba Saba protests that left 38 people dead.

CEO dies following alleged forced hospital admission in Nairobi

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-07-18 11:39:30

The family of Susan Kamengere is demanding answers after she died under unclear circumstances at a hospital in Nairobi, barely a day after she was forcibly taken from her Kileleshwa home.