Halima Gikandi

Senior Communications Manager @HFGuggenheim, which supports research about violence | Former Africa Correspondent for @TheWorld @NPR @GBH | Podcasts | 🇰🇪🇺🇸

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

"There is going to be a lot of sacrifices, many people are going to die, but at the end...we shall be paying a very high price for freedom and the #Sudanese people have accepted to pay that price" @SudanAmbUSA Nureldin Satti told me on @TheWorld #Sudancoup https://t.co/pPKjQwxHWc

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

@Lattif @nytimes Hongera @Lattif !

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

Excited to moderate today’s discussion at @TheAfricaCenter about how war and conflict in Africa is covered by international media. Thank you @yassmin_a and Lydia Namubiru of @thecontinent_ for your excellent insights. Look out for the full conversation online. #Sudan #Africa

[TheAfricaCenter @TheAfricaCenter]

Join us virtually on September 17th at 12pm EDT as we critically examine how war and conflict in Africa are represented in mainstream media, academic discourse, and popular culture.

Register today: https://t.co/l1ktTkeIK2

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

Many of the academics and experts I have interviewed throughout my career would be a potential fit for @HFGuggenheim's research awards. Including the Distinguished Scholars, African Fellows, Emerging Scholars, and Pembroke Fellow Awards.

Learn more at: https://t.co/BUrcxa75gX

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

This summer I joined @HFGuggenheim, which supports research about war, crime, terrorism, and other forms of violence around the world. I am grateful to leverage my previous experience reporting about these topics across #Africa to support the research of our fellows and partners.

[Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation @HFGuggenheim]

This summer, HFG named the 2025–26 African Fellows, hosted a workshop in Ghana, announced a Pembroke Fellow, and welcomed new staff.

Read the highlights from our latest newsletter and sign up to receive future updates at https://t.co/Hj36cEH9Rz.

#AcademicResearch #HFGuggenheim

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

Very grim day at Mukuru wa Njenga as 100+ people looked on at dumpsite where several mutilated female bodies were found. People were visibly disturbed. Comes amid heightened concern about abductions and disappearances. Pressure is on for DCI and IPOA to investigate. #Kenya

[Mukuru Community Justice Centre @mukuru_cjc]

Bodies being retrieved from quarry pit opposite kware police station by youths. The police are on site as more bodies are being retrieved. Other bodies are in sacks chopped into pieces so far six bodies have been retrieved. @HakiKNCHR @thekhrc @Honeyfarsafi

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Cabinet sacked: What next? Lessons from Kibaki's purge of 2005 https://t.co/889LEz1Ace

[KTN News @KTNNewsKE]

Sports CS Ababu Namwamba directs NOCK to publicise names of Kenyan delegation to 2024 Paris Olympics following sustained pressure online; says priority is athletes, coaches and medics.

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

Unprecedented times. After weeks of protests and increased scrutiny on gov’t excess, #Kenya’s President dissolves almost all of his cabinet after appraising their performance. He also pledged to “slay the dragon of corruption.” Kenyans are watching #GenZ

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

President William Ruto dismisses all Cabinet Secretaries and Attorney General; only the Prime CS and Foreign Affairs CS survive the purge

[Ian Mutiso @eyanm]

The Public Interest Litigation advocates from @LawSocietyofKe & @lsk_nbi, has obtained Orders of Habeas Corpus!! Any persons being held in incommunicado ought to be released & a stern warning, no abductions shall be undertaken by @DCI_Kenya, @IG_NPS, or @NPSOfficial_KE

[KTN News @KTNNewsKE]

President Ruto: I put on notice the planners, financiers, abettors & orchestrators of violence and anarchy, that the security infrastructure will be deployed to secure the country and restore normalcy. We must isolate crime from those expressing freedom of expression

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

@NetBlocks confirms internet disruptions in Kenya. It has continued to degrade hour by hour, and Twitter is also difficult to access. #Kenya #RejectFinanceBill2024

[NetBlocks @netblocks]

���️ Confirmed: Live network data show a major disruption to internet connectivity in #Kenya; the incident comes amidst a deadly crackdown by police on #RejectFinanceBill2024 protesters a day after authorities claimed there would be no internet shutdown 📉

[Amnesty Kenya @AmnestyKenya]

STATEMENT: 5 people have been shot dead while treating the injured. 31 people have been injured. 13 have been shot with live bullets, 4 with rubber bullets and 3 people have been hit with launcher canisters. 11 have minor injuries. #RejectFinanceBill2024 https://t.co/LEaKxuHVjY

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

KTN is reporting they have received threats from authorities over their coverage of the #RejectFinanceBill2024. demos. Let’s be clear. Watu wa media tunasimama pamoja. Kenyan & international media stand together. If KTN is shut off we will report on it. You can’t kill the story

[KTN News @KTNNewsKE]

8 protestors confirmed dead; MPs forced to scamper for safety as police disperse demonstrators

#Financebillprotests

[Malcolm Webb @MalcolmWebb]

Dead body of a protester outside parliament during #REJECTFİNANCEBİLL2024 demonstrations @AJEnglish @AJENews #Nairobi #Kenya

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

At least 2 bodies are lying on the ground after we heard police using live rounds outside Parliament

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

We’ve confirmed several people who were abducted on different days have been released including Ernest Nyerere, Nadia Nthia and Shadrack Kiprono aka Shad
@ernestnyerere @NthiaNadia @Shad_khalif

#Aluta continua!!!!

[Halima Gikandi @HalimaGikandi]

In Nairobi’s Central Business District, thousands of peaceful protestors demonstrate against #RejectFinanceBill2024. Tear gas fills in the air as security forces throw canisters left and right. But people are undeterred. I’ve covered many demos in Kenya but this is unprecedented

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

Good afternoon, friends. Yesterday evening, another innocent young Kenyan fell victim to the draconion tactics of rogue police officers. Shadrack Kiprono was violently abducted by unidentified persons believed to be intelligence officers in South B while getting into his vehicle.

The abduction, which was captured on CCTV footage, shows 3 men in masks descend upon @Shad_khalif and force him into a white Land Cruiser. Evidently, this was not an arrest as the police did not identify themselves or engage in any conversation prior to the arrest to inform him of his rights. These criminals pretending to exercise police authority must be stopped.

We condemn the sustained unconstitutionalities and atrocities being perpetrated by the police, and demand the immediate release of Shad. The @LawSocietyofKe is all hands on deck to find Shad's whereabouts and identify the criminal faction of the Police carrying out these abductions.