Irungu Houghton is the Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya. Credit | Amnesty International

Kenya’s Shrinking Freedoms: A Mirror of East Africa’s Deepening Crisis

What distinguishes Kenya, and East Africa more broadly, is the degree to which repression has become both institutionalised and, in some cases, exported. Kenya is not a military junta, nor a post-conflict state clinging to fragile authority. It has functioning courts, a vocal civil society, and a constitution widely praised at its 2010 drafting. That the state is nonetheless deploying anti-terror laws against protesters and directing autopsies to be contradicted by police press releases suggests something more troubling than a governance failure. It suggests a deliberate choice.
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Dr. Halima Begum is the former Oxfam GB Executive Director who was let go due to "a culture of fear" that she created at the workplace. Credit | Wikipedia

Oxfam Ouster: Inside the ‘Climate of Fear’ and the Legal Storm Surrounding Halima Begum

One of Britain’s most prominent charity leaders, Dr. Halima Begum, has been forced out of her role as Chief Executive of Oxfam GB following a devastating internal inquiry into her conduct. The departure marks a stunning fall for a leader once hailed as a radical reformer, but whose tenure ended amid a “blowout” of staff resignations, allegations of a “reign of terror,” and an impending battle in the employment tribunals.

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