Special report on International Peace Day 2022 from Benard Agona, Peace-Builder and Executive Director of AfriNov (Africa Center for Nonviolence & Sustainable Impact) in Kenya about their peace and justice work before, during, and after the August 2022 elections. Since 1992, Kenyan general elections have been accompanied by mass violence causing tribal animosity and many other social injustices. The worst…

By Beatrice Atieno Communities in informal settlements in Kenya suffer from the lack of basic public services and facilities despite their great need in these poor and vulnerable communities. In Kayole, a slum in Nairobi Kenya, the community has for a long term experienced perennial water shortages. Community members in Kayole, Nairobi Kenya lining up at a water selling point…

By Walter Otieno The Covid-19 pandemic is having a devastating effect on poor Kenyan communities. Schools were closed for a long time and access to health services are very limited in many Kenyan communities. Kenyans living in poor slum areas are more vulnerable to contracting the Coronavirus, because they live in densely populated areas, lack sanitary facilities and access to…

By Walter Otieno. Since the outbreak of Corona virus pandemic in Kenya, we heard from many grassroots groups we work with that there has been a stark increase of police brutality. The Kenyan government introduced measures with the goal of stopping the virus from spreading. The problem is that police officers often use excessive force to enforce these directives. We…

By Michael Owuor and Benson Khamasi, AfriNov. During the last three decades, Mt Elgon region has witnessed two spates of violent conflict. Their effects is being felt to this date. In early 1992, the region suffered from land instigated tribal clashes. This conflict was never amicably solved. Later, from 2006 to 2008, the conflict escalated to a full blown armed…

By Michael Owuor and Beatrice Atieno, AfriNov. Many youths in Maili Saba, an informal settlement in Nairobi, are exposed to a lot of violence. High rates of unemployment, poor education opportunities, violence and drug abuse pushed many them into lives full of crime. A lot of young people were killed over the years, either by the police or by rival…