MISSING VOICES ANNUAL REPORT 2024: ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES INCREASED BY 450% IN 2024 Published: 7 May 2025 Press Release There are five major highlights of this year’s 2024 Missing Voices Report Enforced disappearances by police up by nearly five times from 2023 June and July were the deadliest months, same in 2023 Nairobi was the deadliest county for EJKs followed by Kiambu and Migori Less than 2% of police related EJKs are in court Most victims of enforced disappearances were neither prosecuted nor allowed to demonstrate their innocence in court of law. They have not received justice or compensation by the time of the report.
POLICE IMPUNITY: WHAT THE MARAGA TASKFORCE SAID Published: 4 June 2024 The Maraga Task Force submitted its report to President William Ruto in November 2023. The task force was established to identify the legal, policy, administrative, institutional, and operational challenges hindering effective service delivery by the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service, and the National Youth Service. This article from the Missing Voices Report 2023 provides detailed insights into the outcomes of the Maraga report. By Missing Voices
Missing voices Annual Report 2023 | End Police Impunity Published: 24 April 2024 Article On Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, the Missing Voices Coalition launched its 2023 Annual Report focused on the theme "End Police Impunity" at the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Nairobi Office. By Faiba Kombo
Missing Voices Coalition Unveils Alarming Trends in Police Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kenya: The 2022 Accountability Report Published: 27 March 2023 Article The 2022 report was launched on Friday 24th March 2023 , held in Yala, marked the launch of the Accountability report, shedding light on the Statistics and Trends of Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances in the country. By Faiba Kombo
A citizen Guide on your responsibilities and rights. Published: 4 August 2022 Have you ever wondered what it means to be a citizen? Is it all about possessing a Kenyan Identification Card and/or passport? How about what are your rights and responsibilities as a citizen? Being a citizen is more than just being legally recognized. You have a responsibility to defend and protect your rights as well as those of everyone else in the community. Heinrich Boell Foundation in collaborated with LightBox Africa developed a Citizen Guide. Change Ni Sisi Scroll down to learn more about some of your rights and responsibilities as a citizen that you take for granted.
Who Will Wipe Our Tears? – Police Brutality and Delayed Justice in Kenya Published: 30 May 2022 Article Many victims and survivors, together with families impacted by police brutality in Kenya, seldom get justice. Some of these survivors have lived to share horrifying stories of how they have suffered brutal beatings, unlawful arrests, and torture while in detention. Some bear the scars of careless shootings if they are lucky to escape death.
Pandemic policing accessibility of COVID-19 prevention measures in Kenya’s urban informal settlements Published: 3 June 2021 Article Pandemic policing accessibility of COVID-19 prevention measures in Kenya’s urban informal settlements.
Unrecognized Vote: Somaliland’s Democratic Journey Published: 5 May 2021 Opinion With 1.3 million registered voters (approximately 30 per cent of the population of Somaliland) expected to cast their votes — with 246 candidates gunning for 82 parliamentary seats and 966 vying for 249 district municipality seats in the six regions — these elections will be the most competitive yet.
Ugandas Elections 2021, New wine Old Problems Published: 30 March 2021 Event Podcast Popular Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagualnyi is the first formidable challenge to the current Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni since he took power in 1986. He represents both an ideological, generational, ethnic and regional challenge to Museveni’s long stranglehold on the Ugandan society. Click on the podcasts to listen...
The National Coroners' Service Act and Police Accountability in Kenya Published: 16 October 2020 Article In 2017, Parliament enacted the National Coroners' Service Act (NCS Act), providing the framework for investigation of reported deaths in Kenya.