Civic Space Monitor
Protests in Mathare following land grabbing allegations.
On 24th November 2022, residents of Mathare in Mlango Kubwa area protested the attempt to grab land by a private developer who allegedly has been identified as Bishop Gitonga of Redeemed Gospel...
Masimba Protests
On June 2, 2022 people from Masimba area of Kajiado County staged a demonstration in intending to march along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway to the offices of the Kenya Wildlife Services to present...
Civic Education in Nandi
A voter education exercise was held in Nandi County on 19 June 2022. The exercise was conducted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The voters were educated on the...
Njaa Revolution Protests.
On 19th April 2022, Mombasa citizens held the “NjaaRevolution” protests (translated to ‘hunger revolution’), protesting the high cost of living. Protestors demanded the government to...
Arrests for “illegal protests”
On 4th February 2022, the Magistrates’ Court in Mombasa found six activists guilty of gathering illegally and failing to maintain physical distances in a public place during a demonstration where...
Threat to Human Rights Defender; Boniface Mwangi
On 21st October 2021, two unidentified men bombed renowned activist Boniface Mwangi’s incomplete house in Athi River, Machakos County. The two men used rifles to threaten and round up the night...
Police brutality in Kayole.
In yet another incident of police brutality in enforcement of a COVID-19 related curfew, on 19th August 2021, residents of Kayole in Nairobi protested the death of John Kiiru who was...
Meru National Polytechnic protests.
On 19th July 2021, learners at Meru National Polytechnic University demonstrated against student election irregularities. According to the students, the administration had influenced the...
Arrests of Saba Saba protesters.
On 7th July 2021, police in Nairobi arrested dozens of protestors calling for an end to police brutality and an end to the curfew put in place to curb COVID-19, during the annual Saba Saba...
10 GSU officers to face murder charges following the Masimba demonstrations.
Ten GSU officers are facing murder charges following the killings of four citizens in Masimba, Kajiado County. The officers, including their commander, are set to be arraigned in court for the...