Tabby Wanja

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartaches crushes the spirit. Smile while u still have teeth 😁

[Martha Karua @MarthaKarua]

My deepest condolences to @kizzabesigye1 and his entire family on the passing on of his grandson Baby Ariho Ampa Besigye . The continued incarceration of @kizzabesigye1 on trumped up charges prevents him from being close to his family at such a time #FreeKizzaBesigye #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
@KagutaMuseveni @mkainerugaba @JudiciaryUG

[Ademba Allans @Ademba_47]

This is 2024. This young photographer from Kibra had to put his gear aside to rescue this elderly lady. Big shout-out to Mohamed. Kenyans will always show up for Kenyans.

[Martha Karua @MarthaKarua]

We marched peacefully to honour the memory of the young Kenyans we lost and to stand with their families in their pursuit of justice, despite constant threats and attempts to disperse us.

The issues that brought young people to the streets on June 25th, 2024 remain with us today: unemployment, corruption, overtaxation, and a government that does not care to listen.

The greatest tribute we can pay those we lost is to continue the work of building the Kenya they believed was possible.

To the mothers, fathers, families, and all Kenyans who carry this loss, you do not walk alone.

Aluta Continua!

#WeWillNotForget

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

I was honored to accept my Human Rights Defender of the Year award today. Ahsante 🥹

It comes with $1,000 cash prize (Ksh129,000). I will donate it to a young journalist anywhere in Kenya who highlights issues in the community. Please nominate yourself or someone in the comments

[The People’s President @bonifacemwangi]

There is nothing democratic, just, or legitimate about a government that abducts peaceful protesters and political opponents, subjects them to torture, rape and sodomy, and then murders them or - if they are lucky - throws them in prison, as has happened to Tundu Lissu, Kizza Besigye and hundreds of other opposition supporters in East Africa.

I survived Tanzania. The horrors I endured there are something I have spoken about only three or four times, because the memories of our torture breaks me. My friend Agather Atuhaire, who was abducted alongside me, can no longer wear high heels or dance as she once did; the soles of her feet were beaten so severely that they swell whenever she stands for too long. We are the lucky ones. Hundreds of others who were abducted have never been seen again.

Here in Kenya, we are currently sheltering hundreds of Tanzanian survivors who escaped the 2025 killings. In just one week in October 2025, Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government murdered over 2,000 unarmed civilians. Hundreds more were injured, with some still recovering in Kenya. Many were shot dead simply for protesting the sham elections, with reports indicating that most of those killed had not even participated in the protests. A sham cover-up investigation by the Tanzanian government put the number of dead at just 518, significantly less than the thousands that independent observers have claimed. A government accused of murdering its own citizens cannot be expected to investigate itself truthfully.

Two days ago, President Ruto addressed an illegal Tanzanian parliament that installed itself after barring the main opposition from the elections, with leading opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, imprisoned on trumped-up charges.

During the visit, his host, Samia Suluhu — who has developed a reputation for violence — told him: “When evils occur in Kenya, they are our evils; let us cooperate to remove them. When evils occur in Tanzania, it is the same.” The two leaders then discussed how to deal with “these ill-mannered children of ours who call themselves Gen Z… going everywhere claiming to fight for democracy.”

In effect, they were exploring ways for Kenya — long a safe haven for political refugees from the region — to expel Tanzanian dissidents. They were also legitimizing the use of extra-judicial means to "deal" with individuals they deem problematic to their corrupt, autocratic regimes.

We know that Maria Tsarugi and Mshabaha Hamza narrowly escaped abduction in Nairobi by Tanzanian intelligence agents operating with Kenyan government approval. This mirrors the abduction of Kizza Besigye in Nairobi by Ugandan intelligence and his subsequent transfer to a military court in Kampala, as well as the recent murder in Nairobi of Ethiopian human rights advocate and journalist, Yaekob Yatane, by Ethiopian agents.

In Kenya, our government routinely brands human rights defenders as “commercial activists” or agents of “evil society.” It abducts and kills its own citizens, then attacks those who dare to expose the corruption and injustice it is commiting. Despite this, we continue to fight because we stand for the truth and retain some faith in our institutions.

Yet, the situation in Tanzania is far worse: citizens are abducted, raped, sodomised, and killed with impunity.

If President Ruto chooses to cooperate with Suluhu in the manner she demands, Tanzanian political refugees in Kenya will face deportation and almost certain execution upon their return.

As Kenyans, we support genuine regional cooperation, but what Samia is seeking is the entrenchment of regional impunity. That path will only lead to the loss of more innocent lives, those of brave Tanzanians fighting for a better future.

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

When two heads of state meet to discuss how to whip and discipline citizens demanding accountability, we’ve crossed from democracy into dictatorship. President Suluhu’s call for President Ruto to join her in suppressing Gen Zs is a conspiracy against constitutional rights.

The audacity to frame calls for good governance as notorious behaviour that must be tamed is an insult to every freedom our constitutions guarantee. Democracy is anchored on the fundamental pillars of the rule of law, human rights and accountable leadership. These aren’t negotiable.

If exercising our constitutional right to protest makes us deserving of canes and whips then our leaders have forgotten who they serve. We will not be silenced. We will not be beaten into submission. The Constitution is our shield and defender and not the whims of those who fear accountability.

[Tabby Wanja @TabbyWanja]

@MaragiaWakili Kwani wote walizikwa na shorts? Ama walipata mwili na nguo mpya? 😂

[𝙋𝘼���𝙇 𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎 @ouma_neko]

Today I am angry, broken, and ashamed as a Kenyan.

Let’s stop pretending. Appointing a camel farmer to run the Ministry of Health was not leadership it was rewarding loyalty at the altar of Kenyan lives. And now blood is on the floor.

This is not politics. This is cruelty.

Alice Mumbua is 71 years old.
She fell sick in August 2025 and was admitted to Mega Life Hospital Ruai. ICU. Fighting for her life.

September passed. October passed.
The bill climbed to KSh 1.7 million.

Her husband, John, did what men do when they love he sold his land in Kasarani, Njiru Ward. His shamba. His future. He paid KSh 1.1 million and begged the hospital to release his wife so they could agree on how to clear the balance.

The hospital refused.

In November, desperate and exhausted, he registered his wife under SHA, believing government healthcare meant something. The hospital laughed it off. “We don’t take SHA.” Then shifted goalposts: “SHA only covers some things. Pay first.”

Then tragedy struck.

December 7th, the man carrying this burden alone the breadwinner, the fighter, the husband of 50 years collapsed and died.

Alice lost her husband while lying in a hospital bed she was being held hostage in.

And it got worse.

The hospital DENIED HER PERMISSION TO BURY HER HUSBAND.
They told her plainly: No money, no freedom.

Her husband’s funeral was delayed three weeks.
He was buried without his wife of 50 years present.

She spent Christmas detained like a criminal not because she committed a crime, but because she was poor.

This is not healthcare.
This is kidnapping with receipts.

As of January 8, the bill has ballooned to KSh 2.8 million because the hospital happily charged her for every day they imprisoned her after killing her spirit.

And where is the @MOH_Kenya ?

@HonAdenDuale, where are you?
Busy with politics? Busy defending incompetence? Busy lecturing Kenyans while hospitals turn patients into prisoners?

Universal Health Care is not a slogan.
It is not a press conference.
It is not propaganda.

When private hospitals openly sabotage SHA, detain patients, block burials, and extort grieving families that is a failure of the Ministry.

This government has allowed profit-driven facilities to torture citizens, and the silence from MOH is loud.

Alice Mumbua should be home mourning her husband.
Instead, she is detained, traumatized, and punished for surviving.

Kenyans of good will, this can be your mother tomorrow.
If this does not outrage you, then we have truly lost our humanity.

Free Alice Mumbua.
Tame rogue hospitals.
Hold the Ministry of Health accountable.

Enough is enough.

[Ustād Yasir @YasirAgha1234]

The woman in this photo is Cilia Flores, the wife of the President of Venezuela, who was brought to court in this manner by U.S. authorities and human rights defenders. Those who call on the U.S. to protect women’s rights should keep this image in mind. If the same had happened to Donald Trump’s wife, human rights activists would have reacted strongly across the world. ❌️🇺🇲🇺🇲❌️

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

My people, as I promised, here are the long-awaited meat test results. Let me take you through everything honestly, step by step.

For the last two weeks, many of you have been asking us to look into what is really happening with the meat being sold across Kenya.

So between the 4th and 14th of this month my teams collected samples from Nairobi, Mombasa, Rongai, Ruiru, Kahawa, Juja, Eastleigh, Mukuru, Kibera, South C, Fedha, supermarkets, and a few other locations.

Some butchers were very busy places, others were small corner shops that relied on a handful of customers a day.
We did that deliberately, to see whether adulteration is a widespread issue or concentrated in certain places.

[Office of the 4th President of Kenya. @4thPresidentKE]

To Mama Ida, the children, and the entire Odinga family, I extend my deepest, most heartfelt condolences. You have shared Baba with Kenya for a lifetime, and we mourn with you. We have lost a father to the nation, a steadfast champion for the people, and a true son of Kenya ~H.E Uhuru Kenyatta

[Hanifa @Honeyfarsafi]

Guys Bob and Nicolas were abducted almost two weeks ago and no traces of them!!!!
#FreeBobNjagi
#FreeNicholasOyoo

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

“I am not interested in your drama. Produce Ndiang’ui Kinyagia, whether dead or alive,” Justice Chacha Mwita tells IG Kanja and DCI boss Amin Mohamed

[Joshua Okayo @okayojoshua]

Let's stand with our comrade Ndiangui.

#FreeNdianguiKinyagia

[The People’s President @bonifacemwangi]

We demand:
1. The immediate and unconditional release of Garang, Generali, and Chebukati.
2. Full accountability for the disappearance of Ndiangui Kinyagia.
3. An independent inquiry into the use of organised violence during peaceful protests, and the role of the police.
4. That the government ceases all forms of intimidation and criminalisation of civic actors and citizens exercising their constitutional rights. Kenya is not a police state. We will not be silenced.
#FreeNdianguiKinyagia #FreeMuthaiga3

[Bevalyne Kwamboka @bevalynekwambo3]

MISSING PERSON
: Name: Paul Gachoka
LAST: Embakasi tassia
Arrested by police today
#SiriNiNumbers

[Martha Karua @MarthaKarua]

@kdfinfo Kenyans are not enemies, do not be used to kill or harm Kenyans , do not obey illegal orders. Stick to your core duty, to defend Kenya against external aggression.
#Justice4OurMashujaa

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

The @LawSocietyofKe has secured conservatory orders suspending the punitive, arbitrary and illegal directive by the @CA_Kenya. The Authority must forthwith reinstate all signals it has shut down on account of their unconstitutional directive. Contempt of this order will be met with full prosecution of the leadership of CA.

@AGOfficeKenya @KTNNewsKE @citizentvkenya @ntvkenya

[Prince Mill @princemill_]

This is why they dont want live coverage.

#SiriNiNumbers