Human rights activists and citizens in Kenya have launched a campaign, urging FC Bayern and Ajax to boycott the scheduled friendly between the two teams in Nairobi on January 5th. Critics argue that public funds and millions are being misallocated toward an expensive international exhibition match amid domestic economic pressures, the rising cost of living, healthcare challenges and human rights issues. They also claim that this match serves as a political leverage and campaign tool ahead of upcoming elections amid ongoing public discontent over governance, taxation, and human rights in the country 🇰🇪
I am not dead. The rumours being circulated online claiming that I am dead are false.
The video currently circulating online was recorded on 7 July 2026 along Harambee Avenue.After being forced into the Subaru vehicle,I was beaten,with a gun pointed at my head,and threatened with
Hours after Standard Media Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich was abducted and later dumped near Masinga Dam, the KTN Investigations Unit has uncovered fresh details about a key suspect, a former police officer.
#KTNPrime@TheJesseRogers
The brazen abduction of Mr. Alex Kiprotich, the Standard Group Associate Editor by masked, plain-clothes agents is a severe affront to his constitutional freedoms, a free press, and our democracy.
This rogue conduct by an alleged abduction police unit directly mirrors the systemic lawlessness that the Police Reforms Taskforce I chaired sought to dismantle.
As highlighted in the report I released to the public on 31 August, these illegal killer squads and clandestine units must be dismantled immediately.
The commanders of these illegal operations must be held individually accountable for these crimes.
True liberation demands an #Ukombozi government strictly anchored on the bedrock of constitutionalism #Ukatiba, under my watch.
#EndStateAbductions
A chilling video of a plainclothes officer firing two shots at fleeing protesters during the June 20, 2024 demonstrations has been played in court in the Rex Masai inquest.
https://t.co/Qmz7n8ijeD
“Fungua kio, nitakupiga vibaya sana wewe. Utaona maajabu wewe, utaona maajabu.” How would it make you feel if a rogue officer approached you in that manner? Is that the police code of conduct? Is that how citizens are supposed to be treated?
Then the man is found just 10 metres from Masinga Dam after Kenyans made enough noise on social media. Did you read Denzel’s post-mortem results? They reportedly showed bruises all over his body and that he had been made to kneel down.
Now imagine what was running through Denzel’s mind at that moment being forced to kneel down, perhaps knowing that those could be his final moments. He wasn't a terrorist. He wasn't a thief. His crime was loving his country enough to express his dissent against a regime he disagreed with and to protest against it. Think about that as you continue supporting this regime. Think about the kind of country you are helping create.
OVERNIGHT: Prominent Kenyan editor abducted by gun-wielding men after series of newspaper stories critical of President Ruto and his government.
Journalism is not a crime