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The alliance also demanded the National Security Committee of the National Assembly table a report outlining the action they are taking to curb the alarming rise in extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of the youth. [Courtesy]
An alliance of human rights organisations has called for the immediate arrest of police officers involved in the alleged illegal arrest, detention and killing of a youth from Mathare.
Representatives of the alliance dubbed Police Reforms Working Group-Kenya (PRWG-Kenya), noted that the youth, identified only as Collins, was reportedly arrested by police from Mathare area and later killed within 12 hours.
The 21 human right groups are also calling for investigation into the disappearance of two other youth from Mathare, who were arrested by police officers on the same day Collins was nabbed.
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Nathan Nayere |
March 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Some of the 400 sworn data clerks in their workstations during the BBI Supporters Verification Exercise held at the Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi on 30th December 2020 [Emmanuel Mochoge, Standard]
Despite many lapses in our electoral process, Kenyans have a reason to be proud that the country has always observed elections at regular intervals since independence. This is an important indicator of the democratic structure of our constitution.
This underscores the critical role of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as an autonomous institution in protecting the practice of democracy during the election of our country’s political leadership.
Brazzaville, 02 March 2021 - African countries with accurate and up-to-date data and statistics have found it easier to address challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
This observation was made Tuesday during a plenary roundtable on how to meet the needs for data and statistics to enable a sustainable, inclusive and evidence-based recovery and to build forward better in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and achieve the goals of the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in Africa”.
The event took place virtually as part of the seventh session of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) which is being held from March 1 to 4, in Brazzaville (Congo).