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Njeri Kimani

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Njeri Kimani is a journalist based in Nakuru, Kenya.

Giving Rwandan refugees a voice

Access to justice for refugees begins with putting their issues on the national agenda

Kenya: Don’t be silent

Nchini Kenya, janga la corona lilizidisha visa vya unyanyasaji wa nyumbani, ila tatizo hilo limekuwepo na wahasiriwa wamekua wakisaidiwa na watu.

A teacher at the Horizon Sign Language Training Centre in Nakuru, Martin Ndung’u took it upon himself to spread the word.

How coronavirus is affecting Kenya’s hearing impaired citizens

A deaf man in Kenya spread the message of Covid-19 when he realised a million hearing impaired people were left out of the conversation

(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

South African woman takes her own life in Kenyan quarantine

The death comes after complaints of deplorable conditions at the quarantine center where she was housed

(Delwyn Verasamy)

Hand washing, emergency loans and panic buying: How one Kenyan city is preparing

There have been no reported cases of the coronavirus in Nakuru, Kenya’s third-largest city. But life here has already changed

State capture: The Kenyan edition

Corruption scandals have rocked Kenyan politics this year, implicating some of the country’s most senior officials

Voboy is one of Kenya’s activist poets pushing for
social and political change, draw on the tradition of oral storytelling.

Activist poets on the frontline

Meet the Kenyan wordsmiths who use their voices to advocate for change

Clean-up: Kenyan police are clamping down on the owners of vehicles used for public transport who don’t comply with traffic safety regulations. (Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP)

Taming Kenya’s matatu madness

In a renewed crackdown, taxis and buses that ignore safety rules are being taken off the country’s roads

#MeToo: Kenyan journalists are finally speaking out about an epidemic of sexual harassment in their newsrooms

‘I just couldn’t argue back’

Kenyan journalists say sexual harassment in newsrooms is an everyday occurrence

Kenyan police approach protesters opposing voting in Thursday’s election — a vote that the opposition has shunned in light of the electoral commission’s alleged unreliability.

Kenya’s tough choice: To vote or not to vote?

Many Kenyans opted to boycott the election rerun for reasons other than party politics

A photographer runs for cover after policemen fired tear gas at a convoy of opposition politicians and supporters of the National Super Alliance coalition during a protest along a street in Nairobi.

Kenya: To vote, or not to vote?

Kenyans are supposed to choose their president on Thursday – again. But there’s a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the process.

Magobo More says there are 300 philosophy lecturers in SA

Kenyatta’s rash remarks may cost him

The president’s attack on the chief justice could result in him losing votes in the rerun of the poll

Kenyans placed their vote on August 8

Kenya’s addiction to scandal-prone leaders

Once again, the voters have chosen leaders tainted by scandal, though there is a small reason for hope

Kenyans voting Andrew Renneisen, Getty Images

Kenya’s addiction to scandal-prone leaders

Once again, the voters have chosen leaders tainted by scandal, though there is a small reason for hope

Both Kenyatta and Odinga expressed confidence in clinching the election

Vote count begins in Kenyan polls

Initial results are expected to begin trickling in on Wednesday.

Nomvula Mokonyane said the cabinet was concerned that appeals were now being made by minority rights groups to other countries for protection against expropriation without compensation.

Kenyan poll haunted by the ghosts of voters passed

"It is the transparency of the voters’ register that will determine whether the elections will be free and fair"

Burning issue: Opposition supporters set up a barricade in Kibera

Kenya’s pre-election jitters

The country has not forgotten the bloody aftermath of 2007-2008 and is on edge

A Kenyan police officer turned a gun on his own, apparently in the name of al-Shabab

Poor remuneration, an incoherent security system and a police force that is becoming politicised lie behind the recent killings.