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Behind the gleaming corridors, the specialist wings, and the reputation that draws patients from Kigali to Mogadishu, sits a quietly powerful non-profit structure

In a statement that quickly ricocheted across diplomatic and activist circles, HRF expressed alarm that Kenyan authorities allegedly granted travel documents to a “sanctioned Sudanese war financier and other individuals linked to Sudan’s genocidal RSF.” The organisation warned that such actions risk enabling sanctions evasion and indirectly supporting a paramilitary force widely accused of atrocities in Sudan’s brutal civil conflict.

The family of Joseph Owino Myles, a freelance journalist, is calling on human rights and civil liberties organizations to intervene and demand accountability following his mysterious death in Naivasha, where his body was discovered badly bruised and bearing visible signs of torture.

When António Guterres announced the appointment of Monica Juma as Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna, the statement was brief but unmistakably emphatic. The United Nations Secretary-General described the Kenyan diplomat as “a strategic senior leader with a depth of expertise, experience and knowledge spanning public policy making, execution and academia across critical areas of security, diplomacy and governance.”

Location: Nairobi, KenyaApplication Deadline: 6th March, 2026 The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (Ciheb-Kenya) is seeking a highly […]

The abrupt denial of entry to a leading Pan-African lawyer, a violent attack on a regional rights defender, and the lingering legacy of another legal expert’s deportation have renewed concerns among civil society leaders about shrinking civic space and the treatment of dissent in a nation once seen as an East African beacon of democratic engagement.

By Wahome Ngatia In an era when democratic backsliding often advances in the language of “security” and “order,” Mugambi Kiai […]

The clock is ticking on a legal transformation three decades in the making. By May 13, 2026, every civil society […]

The second week of February 2026 has been defined by a sharp escalation in the watchdog role of Kenya's civil society. As grassroots movements launch physical infrastructure for the poor, prominent lobby groups are locked in a high-stakes legal and constitutional battle over the management of public funds.

People’s Action for Learning (PAL) Network is a global citizen-led assessment network working to improve foundational learning outcomes for children […]