Andrea Dijkstra

East-Africa correspondent for Dutch daily newspapers @Trouw and @FD_Nieuws, based in Nairobi. Tweets in Dutch+Eng

[The Standard Digital @StandardKenya]

Susan Kirigo Rienye, grandmother to the late Julia Wangui Kariuki, tearfully demands justice for her granddaughter

Video: Amos Kiarie

[Ademba Allans @Ademba_47]

Over 10M cash bail for 45 innocent Kenyans arrested during the June 25th protest and charged with Terrorism.

300k cash bail for each 😭😭. This is outrageous. How will a young Kenyan afford this? Who is the real terrorist here? #WhoIsTheRealTerrorist

[Cornelius K. Ronoh @itskipronoh]

KTN exposed Kasongo for hiring women to attend his rallies, paying each woman 2,000 shillings. Hii ni maajabu..

[Daily Nation @NationAfrica]

Opposition leaders call for boycott of Kenya Kwanza-linked businesses
https://t.co/WK1IF1iMYL

[Mount Kenya University School of Law @MKU_LawSchool]

The School of Law mourns the heartbreaking loss of one of our own (Mr. Ian Mungai) — a brilliant senior student whose life was tragically cut short during Monday’s protests.
Your voice, passion, and pursuit of justice inspired many.
Rest in power. 🕯️
#FallenComrade #JusticeForAll

[Hanifa @Honeyfarsafi]

That is one of the most diabolical, cruel, and dehumanizing things I’ve witnessed in a long time. The sheer disregard for life, for dignity💔💔

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

BREAKING: 31 people were killed in Saba Saba protests in Kenya on Monday, @HakiKNCHR says.

That’s nearly 3 times more than police reported in their statement that praised officers for “restraint” despite widespread reports of brutality

[Andrea Dijkstra @AndreaDijkstra]

For people who still don't believe that goons are hired in Kenya. Watch this video, where goons are operating alongside uniformed police offers.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

A mob attacks and beats up someone while Kenyan police nearby watch and do nothing.

Why do goons appear to be operating alongside uniformed officers?

[IPAEA @IPAEastAfrica]

..the legitimate reporting of a press conference at Kenya Human Rights Commission. IPAEA condemns this shocking attack. It is essential that journalists are free to work safely and we urge the government to take action to protect the security of all journalists in #Kenya. (2/2)

[IPAEA @IPAEastAfrica]

The IPAEA is deeply alarmed by an incident in which journalists have been targeted at a press conference in #Nairobi. Several of our members and other journalists were caught up in what appears to have been a deliberate effort to violently disrupt... (1/2)

[Amnesty Kenya @AmnestyKenya]

Free Ndiangui Kinyagia. He was last seen on June 21 after a reported raid by DCI officers at his home in Kinoo. We call for his immediate release. If he is accused of any crime, let him be presented before a court of law—not held incommunicado. #FreeNdianguiKinyagia

[I am Chege @_James041]

This Saturday, we are all standing with Ndiangui Kinyagia.

@DCI_Kenya MUST produce Ndiangui Kinyagia.

Where is Ndiangui Kinyagia?

#FreeNdianguiKinyagia

[Andrea Dijkstra @AndreaDijkstra]

https://t.co/V92cwKa371

[IPAEA @IPAEastAfrica]

The International Press Association of East Africa (IPAEA) strongly condemns today's summons of Kenyan filmmakers Mark Denver Karubiu, Nicholas Wambugu, Brian Adagala and Christopher Wamae by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

https://t.co/Wr1UZ7gkGd

[IPAEA @IPAEastAfrica]

The IPAEA notes with great concern the reported cancellation of a screening of #BBCAfricaEye ’s documentary "Blood Parliament in Kenya", attributed to pressure exerted by the Kenyan authorities.

#PressFreedom #journalism

[Andrea Dijkstra @AndreaDijkstra]

No one has been held accountable for the death of the dozens of Kenyan protestors who were killed on June 25th 2024. Through open-source intelligence and forensic techniques, #BBCAfricaEye identified some of the security forces who shot protesters. https://t.co/5tSQPNsRO2

[I am Chege @_James041]

John Kaboi, Central Police Station is the plain clothed officer,

Who was heard instructing officers to kill peaceful protestors.

He was heard shouting, "UAA UAA!" as one officer took a shooting position firing several shots at the exact place where David Chege, Erickson Kyalo Mutisya and another protestor lost their lives.

#RutoMustGoNow #DrainTheSwamp

[Joshua Okayo @okayojoshua]

I was featured in this Dutch newspaper on my thoughts about the reigning monarch's state visit to Kenya and the future of the Gen Z Movement. You can find the piece by @AndreaDijkstra here: https://t.co/pGUXbQP6cQ

We must stand up for the right things. We must not allow ourselves to be excited about the many short-term goodies being dangled everywhere now.

Viva✊🏿

[Joshua Okayo @okayojoshua]

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS: KING WILLEM-ALEXANDER & QUEEN MAXIMA FROM A KENYAN GEN Z

Dear Your Majesties,

[Africa Updates @africaupdates]

Kenya🇰🇪: "Any child that puts someone in a coffin will be the first to go into the coffin, do you hear? Do you hear? Do you listen young men? Don't stupify yourselves thinking that you will put someone in a coffin and live. Do you hear? I have told you. Take care of yourselves"
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English translation of Kenya's President William Ruto talking in his native language Kalenjin. He was addressing the silhouettes of him in a coffin that have been spread by Kenyans online against him.