By KPC Reporter More than sixty Kisumu journalists participated in the donation of blood at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital to mark World Press Freedom Day. The initiative, led by the Kisumu Journalists Network (KJN) with support from the Media Council of Kenya (MCK), reflected a shift from covering crises to directly responding […]

By Stanley Ongwae The chills of terror and torture at the hands of special government security agents remain fresh in Jimmy Achira’s mind. As journalists across the globe mark World Press Freedom Day (May 3rd), Achira—a now-retired scribe—will also be marking 40 years since his unwarranted arrest, detention, arraignment, and questionable conviction on trumped-up charges […]

By KPC Reporter Parts of Kenya’s legal landscape are being exploited to intimidate, silence and economically weaken journalists and media houses — undermining press freedom, a new report reveals. The “Weaponising the Law: Threats to Media Freedom in Kenya” report, published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with ALT Advisory and Power Law Africa, […]