University student Allan Wadi Okengo who was sentenced to jail in January this year to serve a 2 year jail sentence for hate speech remarks on his Facebook page and undermining the authority of a public officer has been...
Wanjeri Nderu, a social justice crusader, was attacked by a stranger for talking about corruption at Langata mall on Monday, 29th June 2015. Wanjeri uses her online presence to talk about various injustices in Kenya including corruption. On her...
By Lorna Abuga.
A Nakuru journalist has been interrogated by detectives following a post he published on social media challenging land grabbing in the country.
Elijah Kinyanjui a veteran journalist who has worked with almost all leading newspapers in the country...
AfriLEAKS, a secure anonymous whistle blowing platform for African nations will be formally launched first in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa respectively in the next few months according to Ruth Kronenburg, the Director of Operations at Free Press Unlimited,...
The court case against blogger Cyprian Nyakundi highlights the need to learn about online freedoms and responsibilities. Certainly the internet does not exist in a vacuum.
Nyakundi, after reading the summons to appear in the newspaper tweeted
Safaricom is suing me...
Safaricom has sued blogger Cyprian Nyakundi for defamation. In a paid advertisement in the Nation, dated 24th June 2015 on page 51, Honorable Justice Mabeya has ordered Nyakundi to do among others;
1. Pull down all posts in his blog...
Bloggers in Kenya have had, in several instances, to ‘save’ their credibility and explain a few things including the doubts and the notion that they are just but social media trouble makers who will write about anything sensational and...
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) yesterday released ‘The State of Blogging & Social Media in Kenya 2015 Report’ and the same was officially launched by Cabinet Secretary for ICT Fred Matiang'i. The launch took place at the Nailab,...
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) today launched 'The State of Blogging & Social Media in Kenya 2015 report' at the Nailab in an event that was graced by the Cabinet Secretary for ICT Fred Matiang'i who launched the...
On Sunday 7th of June, a trending topic #WhereIsBogonkoBosire brought to memory something we may have forgotten in recent times. Controversial blogger and journalist Bogonko Bosire has been missing since September 18, 2013, gone without a trace. He made...
