KHRC

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is a premier and flagship Public Benefits Organization (PBO) in Africa mandated to enhance human rights.

[KHRC @thekhrc]

July 2025
Ahead of the annual Saba Saba protests, families of victims of police violence planned to speak at the KHRC office.
Within 24 hours, KHRC staff member Martin Mavenjina had been forcibly and unlawfully renditioned to Uganda, and state-hired goons had violently disrupted the press conference.
One year later, there has been no accountability.
More: https://t.co/3vp27E68bn

[KHRC @thekhrc]

#PressStatement
KHRC unequivocally condemns the unlawful and brutal abduction of Alex Kiprotich, associate editor at the @StandardKenya (Standard Media Group).
While the Group has announced that Kiprotich was found alive, dumped near Masinga Dam nine hours after his abduction along the Gilgil-Nakuru highway, KHRC maintains that officers responsible, including their commanders, must be arrested and prosecuted without delay.
The chilling video of Kiprotich’s abduction has placed William Ruto’s regime’s brutal and clandestine policing tactics in full public view. For years, victims of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings have described to the KHRC a killer squad operating with a similar brazenness and disregard for the law as those who abducted Kiprotich.
Witnesses recount that these squads are heavily armed, their faces obscured by balaclavas, often forgoing uniforms, and driving Subaru vehicles, sometimes bearing fake number plates. These actions, KHRC notes, directly violate a court order mandating that law enforcement officers be easily identifiable during operations.
The abduction comes amid media reports indicating that nearly three Kenyans were killed by police daily, totalling 3,985, during Ruto’s four years of repression. KHRC asserts that Ruto has failed to fulfil his promise to keep our country safe, and must take responsibility to end enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

[KHRC @thekhrc]

#PressStatement
KHRC unequivocally condemns the unlawful and brutal abduction of Alex Kiprotich, associate editor at the @StandardKenya (Standard Media Group).
While the Group has announced that Kiprotich was found alive, dumped near Masinga Dam nine hours after his abduction along the Gilgil-Nakuru highway, KHRC maintains that officers responsible, including their commanders, must be arrested and prosecuted without delay.
The chilling video of Kiprotich’s abduction has placed William Ruto’s regime’s brutal and clandestine policing tactics in full public view. For years, victims of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings have described to the KHRC a killer squad operating with a similar brazenness and disregard for the law as those who abducted Kiprotich.
Witnesses recount that these squads are heavily armed, their faces obscured by balaclavas, often forgoing uniforms, and driving Subaru vehicles, sometimes bearing fake number plates. These actions, KHRC notes, directly violate a court order mandating that law enforcement officers be easily identifiable during operations.
The abduction comes amid media reports indicating that nearly three Kenyans were killed by police daily, totalling 3,985, during Ruto’s four years of repression. KHRC asserts that Ruto has failed to fulfil his promise to keep our country safe, and must take responsibility to end enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

[MissingVoicesKE @MissingVoicesKE]

VIDEO EXPLAINER: Kenya must ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, strengthen domestic accountability and ensure that every family has the right to truth and justice.

Victims First. Action Now.

[MissingVoicesKE @MissingVoicesKE]

On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we remember those who have disappeared and stand with the families who continue to search for truth.

No family should be left in uncertainty. No disappearance should be ignored.

#VictimsFirstActionNow

[KHRC @thekhrc]

Let's put the victims first. Act against enforced disappearances now.

[KHRC @thekhrc]

There are always red flags in the contracts that African regimes enter into, yet they sign them anyway. Questions abound about why they ignore them.
Today, at 4 pm, we shall discuss what needs to be done to make the regimes more accountable to us, as part of the ongoing African Conference on Debt and Development.
#AfCoDDVI

[KHRC @thekhrc]

#KatibaAt16
Follow the discussion here: https://t.co/NGPMmJX68C

[KHRC @thekhrc]

On Katiba Day, our renewed attention turns to the IEBC and the landmark Maina Kiai case, with the nation poised to return to the polls.
The court, in its decision, characterised the polling station as the true locus of the voter’s will; a place where individual choices are directly recorded and converted into votes.
Accordingly, polling stations remain essential safeguards of electoral integrity and of the sovereign will of the people.
These issues will be discussed in Kisumu, where locals are expected to gather for a critical examination of electoral processes.
Meanwhile, in Nairobi, a coalition of partners is convening a national platform to debate the current state of constitutionalism, with a focus on democratic governance, civic space, human rights and the rule of law, as the country looks ahead to the 2027 general elections.
#KatibaAt16

[KHRC @thekhrc]

At the ongoing African Conference on Debt and Development, we asked: What should African regimes do to ensure that debt does not come at the expense of their citizens' socioeconomic rights? We got the answers. African regimes should.
#AfCoDDVI

[KHRC @thekhrc]

On Katiba Day, our renewed attention turns to the IEBC and the landmark Maina Kiai case, with the nation poised to return to the polls.
The court, in its decision, characterised the polling station as the true locus of the voter’s will; a place where individual choices are directly recorded and converted into votes.
Accordingly, polling stations remain essential safeguards of electoral integrity and of the sovereign will of the people.
These issues will be discussed in Kisumu, where locals are expected to gather for a critical examination of electoral processes.
Meanwhile, in Nairobi, a coalition of partners is convening a national platform to debate the current state of constitutionalism, with a focus on democratic governance, civic space, human rights and the rule of law, as the country looks ahead to the 2027 general elections.
#KatibaAt16

[KHRC @thekhrc]

KHRC’s Gladys Mongare will present a paper at the National Land Commission's 5th regional research conference. We want the communities’ land rights to be at the heart of any development.

[KHRC @thekhrc]

As we wrap up the fifth session of negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, we remind you that we only have one year to save the (tax) world.

[KHRC @thekhrc]

We want to bring you up to speed on what happened last week at the fifth session of negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Read the recap here.

[KHRC @thekhrc]

Read last week’s updates from the fifth session of negotiations for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

[Donald Deya @donalddeya]

Join us tomorrow night, Tuesday, 11 August, for an important and urgent conversation.

Political Persecution in East Africa: The Crackdown, The Resistance & How We Fight Back

🗓️ Tuesday, August 11th
🕒 8 - 10PM EAT
🔗 X Host Accounts: @thekhrc @AgoraCFR @ChademaDiaspora

[KHRC @thekhrc]

Political persecution in East Africa is getting out of hand. We must fight back. Join the discussion tonight and see what role you can play to stop this.
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

[KHRC @thekhrc]

The fifth session of negotiations for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation opened in New York with an immediate reminder that the legitimacy of the future international tax system will depend not only on the rules States adopt, but also on who is allowed into the room to shape them. There was an attempt to lock KHRC out, but it failed. Read more: https://t.co/9ZXSjHQEPJ
@oxfamkenya

[Initiative For Equality & Non Discrimination-INEND @INENDorg]

On 31 July, we invited you to Thika for what we envisioned to be a peaceful space for learning, dialogue, and civic participation. 🇰🇪

Instead, what unfolded became a stark reminder that many Kenyans still face barriers when exercising their constitutional rights.

#ProtectCivicSpace #CivicParticipation #QueeringTheBallot #Democracy

[KHRC @thekhrc]

During the ongoing Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, KHRC submitted proposals on Article 6, which addresses the effective taxation of high-net-worth individuals.
The proposals urge countries to work together to stop tax avoidance and evasion by the wealthy. Together with the African Civil Society Working Group on the UN Tax Convention, we are pushing for more transparency around how the rich hide and move their money, as well as joint efforts to tax them, while still allowing each country to decide its own tax policies.
@oxfamkenya

[Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) @GA4TJ]

🇺🇳📍Civil society and trade unions are in New York for the 5th session of #UNTaxConvention negotiations. Ahead of the session, GATJ is holding a strategy meeting to develop united positions and advocacy.

It’s time to make the global tax rules work for people and planet!✊🏾✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿

[Haki Madini Kenya @HakiMadiniKenya]

The level of brutality against residents of Ramula–Mwibona and Munungo is unlawful, unacceptable, and has no place in a constitutional democracy.