Eddy Reuben Illah charged with misuse of licensed telecommunication system
Eddy Reuben Illah was yesterday charged in a Kiambu court with posting on social media pictures allegedly showing the bodies of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers who were attacked and killed in...
View ArticleAnthony Njoroge Mburu alias Waime Mburu charged for publishing false...
Anthony Njoroge Mburu alias Waime Mburu, who commentates on Kiambu County politics was charged in a Mombasa court on Thursday with publishing false information. He allegedly accused Kiambu Governor...
View ArticleFreelance journalist Yassin Juma arrested for posting updates of Al-Shabaab...
Freelance journalist Yassin Juma was yesterday, 23rd of January 2016 arrested and held by police for posting updates on his social media accounts of the Al- Shabaab attack to the Kenya Defence Forces...
View ArticleMbuvi Kasina faces six counts of improper use of licensed telecommunication...
Mbuvi Kasina, an activist and businessman from Kitui County is facing six counts of improper use of licensed telecommunication system for calling for accountability in the management of Constituency...
View ArticleNakuru IDP children cite lack of electricity for ‘dismal’ performance in 2015...
Candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E) exam at the camp for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in Pipeline Nakuru are citing only one thing for their ‘dismal’...
View ArticleRunaway corruption is increasing poverty in Kenya
By James Wakibia Corruption remains one of Kenya’s biggest threat to development. Every successive year Transparency International lists our beloved nation amongst the most corrupt nations on the face...
View ArticleMartha Miano arrested for taking on politicians on her Facebook account
A Nyeri Facebook user Martha Miano was arraigned in court on Monday after she was accused of using abusive language in her posts towards a county government official and Rigathi Gachagua who is a...
View ArticleMartha Miano released unconditionally
Martha Wanjiru Miano was released unconditionally by a Nyeri Court yesterday. Nyeri residents celebrated outside Nyeri Law Courts as online activist Martha Miano was set free by court. She had been...
View ArticleEzer Kipkurui arrested for creating disturbance by taking a photo of Huduma...
Egerton University student Ezer Kipkurui has been arrested for creating disturbance when he took photos of Huduma Center in Nakuru town. A police officer arrested him when he was taking the photo using...
View ArticleEzer Kipkurui released
Ezer Kipkurui was released at 1.00am last night without any questioning or requirement to report back to the Central Police Station. Yes! I was released at midnight Thanks for the concern bro!...
View ArticlePACJA launches the African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Awards
The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) launched the African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Awards (ACCER) 2016. The competition that aims to recognise and reward excellence in...
View ArticleMartha Miano arraigned in court facing four counts of posting annoyance...
Martha Wanjiru Miano was arraigned in court on Monday facing four counts of posting annoyance messages on Facebook. She appeared before Principal Magistrate Desiderius Orimba where she denied all the...
View ArticleAllan Wadi charged with incitement to violence
Allan Wadi Okengo was charged with incitement to violence in a Nairobi court yesterday. It is alleged that he incited people in a Facebook post he made last week. Mr. Wadi made the comment regarding...
View ArticleHarun Kongo charged with improper use of licensed telecommunication system...
Harun Mbafu Kongo was charged with improper use of licensed telecommunication system for expression his affections to Eunice Gacambi Mwangi. Before being charged Harun worked as a herds-boy and and...
View ArticleKICA Act 29 declared unconstitutional by the High Court #NoToKICAs29
Judge Mumbi Ngugi has declared Section 29 of the Kenya Information and Communication (KICA) Act 2009,popularly known as the KICA Act 29, as unconstitutional. She declared that “Section 29 of the Kenya...
View ArticleNominated Senator Emma Mbura suffers a blow after Mombasa court dismisses use...
TNA Nominated Senator Emma Mbura suffered a blow after Mombasa Principal Resident Magistrate Nicholas Njagi dismissed an application by the state to charge activist Kalinga Mgandi. In the court...
View ArticleWhy Justice Mumbi Ngugi declared Section 29 of KICA Unconstitutional
No Kenyan has suffered the wrath of Section 29 of the Kenya Information and Communication Act (KICA) like blogger Robert Alai. He has at least five active cases with these charge in court, dating back...
View ArticleThe last one year has been tough for bloggers & journalists in Kenya
The last one year and part of this year has been difficult for media freedoms in Kenya. Journalists and bloggers have felt the wrath of power and influence when doing their job in a manner only closer...
View ArticleThe disappearance of Msingi Sasis
Photographer Msingi Sasis made a distress post on Facebook, 6th May 2016 about his troubled financial position ever since he was labeled a terrorist. He was arrested by the police last year when taking...
View ArticleEACC Chief Executive Halake Waqo drops charges against Robert Alai
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chief executive Halake Waqo has dropped against blogger Robert Alai. Yesterday at the Milimani law courts, the prosecution said it had dropped the...
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