Press Statement: Office of the Public Prosecuter will look into the ‘Chickengate’ at IEBC scandals of 2009-2011 (19.07.2016)

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In Kenya 4 Police Officers charged with the murders of Human Rights lawyers: Willie Kimani,Josphat Mwenda & joseph Muiruri (18.07.2016)

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Kenya: Rising Cases of Extra-Judicial Killings by Police Officers (13.07.2016)

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Kenya: Statement on the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) – (01.07.2016)

KTN 30.06.2016

We have noted media speculation about the reported disbandment of the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU).

Whereas the Unit has faced some challenges in the execution of its mandate, it is working to resolve them.

The Unit and its Staff team remain intact and fully committed to their duties.

The Unit will continue to improve on the coherency and consistency of messaging in order to keep the public informed of the President’s transformative development agenda.

Nzioka Waita
Deputy Chief of Staff and Deputy Head of Public Service.

1 July 2016

Monitor the “Pangani six”,Bahati legistlator Onesmus Ngunjiri tells kenyans (Youtube-Clip)

“Bahati MP Onesmus Kimani Ngunjiri has urged Kenyans to monitor the six Jubilee and Cord legislators popularly known as Pangani who were charged with hate speech to make sure they do no spread hate speech ahead of the 2017 elections” (Daily Nation, 2016).

Wetangula warns Jubilee administration over ‘auctioning’ Kenya (Youtube-Clip)

“Cord co-principal Senator Moses has warned Jubilee Government against auctioning Kenya. He says no one has a certificate of ownership of this country and that they will not accept theft of public properties” (Daily Nation, 2016).

Samuel Kimeu, the director of Transparency International Kenya, tells us how fraud can be beaten (Youtube-Clip)

“For Samuel Kimeu, director of Transparency International Kenya, dialogue between development banks and civil society is a crucial element in the fight against fraud and corruption” (France 24 English, 2016)

“DP William Ruto ordered the arrest of Cord MPs,” says Senator (Yotube-Clip)

Kenya: Politicians using hate speech, ethnicity as campaign tools (Youtube-Clip)

“A section of prominent Kenyan politicians are using hate speech as a campaign tactic. This is according to Ushahidi, a crisis mapping tech company in Kenya. Daudi Were is the CEO of the company, and he affirms that there is indeed a worrying trend of tribal spurring and incitement especially on social media” (Africa News, 2016)

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery warns leaders inclined to promote hate speech (Youtube-Clip)

“Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery says the recent detention of Members of Parliament accused of promoting hate speech signifies just the beginning of the war against incitement. Nkaissery says that should serve as a warning to other leaders inclined to take a similar route” (KTN News Kenya, 2016)