News from the Human Rights House in Kenya - 2013
Secret land deal made Kenyatta first president
Fresh evidence pieced together by the Sunday Nation confirms widespread speculation that Kenya´s first president Jomo Kenyatta, right, entered a secret pact with the British government not to interfere with the skewed land distribution at independence. 22 Sep 2008 »
Kenyan police behind hundreds of extra-judicial killings and disappearances
The Republic of Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has released itsa follow-up report on the so-called Mungiki killings, the large scale extra-judicial killings and disappearances that have taken place, predominantly in and around nairobi, but also elsewhere in the country, as the report documents. The report leaves no doubt that the several hundred killings were ordered, directed or coordinated by the top leadership of the Kenyan police, acting jointly with a common purpose. Read KNCHR´s key findings below. 20 Sep 2008 »
The results of the Kenyan elections were "irretrievably polluted"
The International Federation for Human Rights and its member organisation, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) welcome the report that was released today by the Independent Review Commission (IREC) concluding that the results of the 2007 December presidential elections were "irretrievably polluted". Among the reports´ findings is that 1,2 million dead ‘people’ were registered to vote. 19 Sep 2008 »
HRHF expresses its concern re. recent threats against LGBTI activist
The Human Rights House Foundation sent a letter to President Mwai Kibaki today expressing its deep concern about the recent verbal abuse, harassment and death threats received by Pouline Kimani, a well-known sexual minorities rights defender, after her appearance on the first ever televised discussion about homosexuality in the Republic of Kenya. read the full letter below. 19 Sep 2008 »
The coast of Kenya has its own human rights problems
In Kenya’s coastal provinces, significant amounts of the population experience various kinds of insecurity, amounting to violations of their human rights. As in other parts of the country, people on the coast also suffered from the post-election violence, right. Lives were lost, but the months of chaos also highlighted many of the other, more or less permanent human rights issues that are peculiar to the coast. 18 Sep 2008 »
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