Does the midnight detention, interrogation, and dawn deportation of a senior staff member from one of the world’s largest philanthropic foundations signal an early tactic in the Kenyan government’s playbook for the 2027 General Elections?

Mwabili Mwagodi's court arraignment, followed by the full acquittal of university student David Oaga Mokaya, shines a stronger spotlight on the misuse of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act and an international instrument, Interpol’s Red Notice system, to stifle political expression

This week’s Ombudsman ruling in Coldstone Investment Ltd. vs Khaleej Towers Ltd. shows once again that unless we take charge of our cities, greed will make them unliveable.

After months of seemingly endless waiting, the Gender‑Based Violence Technical Working Group’s report has finally reached the Presidency. What exactly have they proposed and how do we ensure those recommendations translate into real action?

While progress seems limited in many parts of the world, this year’s Data Privacy Conference demonstrated Kenya’s growing maturity in digital governance. Two areas need the nation's attention, police and electoral data governance.

The U.S. government’s forceful abduction of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores in January read like the plot of a political thriller. While public resignation may have replaced initial shock and disbelief, that incident dominated international policy debate this week.

Justice for the people of Owino Uhuru comes up once again in the Mombasa Environment and Land Court Monday morning. It has been the 12 years since Metal Refinery (EPZ) Ltd was closed after toxic lead poisoning changed the lives of this Changamwe community forever. What is at stake for this community’s right of redress and compensation and the nation’s right to a clean and healthy environment?

Independent film-maker Nick Wambugu took his final bow this week after battling a rare blood disorder. As the Kenyan film industry prepares its tributes, Nick’s passing deserves wider acknowledgement by the Kenyan public and international community. Unlike many, Nick filmed not only to explain our world but to offer the silenced a voice and to protect the truth. An opinion co-written with Actor Melissa Kiplagat.

CJE Willy Mutunga’s rhetorical question “Are African governments in the business of selling Turkish citizens to the dictatorship in Türkiye?” deserves closer attention. With the recent arrests of Mustafa Güngör in Kenya and Emre Çınar in Mozambique, a new wave of transnational repression on African soil needs disrupting.

Once again, human rights violations scarred many and tested our national conscience over 2025. However, several victories remind us, hope survives not as a passive emotion but as the consequence of our personal vigilance and public action.

A High Court ruling this week declaring safe abortion a constitutional right has massive implications for hundreds of thousands of women and girls with unintended pregnancies. The ruling stems back to a ban arbitrarily placed on reproductive health care services provided by Marie Stopes International Kenya.

16 days of activism against gender-based violence ended on Wednesday, which was also International Human Rights Day. That horrific “initiation” gang rape in Meru reaffirmed how far we are from a society that keeps all women and girls dignified and safe. Less visible however, is how sexual violence and trauma that follows, affects Kenyan men and boys.