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.”
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.
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.
One year after former President Donald Trump signed an executive order initiating America’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States has now formally completed its exit
In a resounding affirmation of constitutionalism, Katiba Institute has clinched a pivotal legal victory that could reshape Kenya’s governance architecture.
Civil society groups in Kenya have unleashed fierce opposition to President William Ruto’s proposed Digital Intelligence Unit, warning that it risks ushering in expanded state surveillance and serious rights abuses just as the country braces for the 2027 general elections.
The Trump administration has formally withdrawn the United States from 66 international organisations, including 31 entities linked to the United Nations, marking a decisive break with decades of U.S. engagement in global governance
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