More Threats to Social Justice Centre Activists from Online Police Vigilante Groups
We did all we could to protect Kelvin Gitau, and we thought we had succeeded after we managed to get him released after he was […]
Saba Saba 2018: Social Justice Centres Working Group Documentary
Saba Saba Day 2018 was a big day for all of us at the Social Justice Centres Working Group. We came together, on this […]
Remembering Carol “Mtetezi” Mwatha
Our sister, friend and mtetezi Carol Mwatha died in early February in very tragic circumstances. Over a hundred human rights defenders went to bury her […]
Maji ni Uhai Maji ni Haki: Eastlands Residents Demand Their Right to Water – A Participatory Report
On March 6 2019 MSJC launched its latest participatory action report, and this time it was the result of a year of collective work […]
Mathare Disability Awareness Event – March 30
As part of our disability justice campaign, on March 30 from 9 am – 1 pm we will be having a disability awareness event in […]
Mathare and Complexo do Alemão, Brazil solidarity: Coletivo Papo Reto together with MSJC
Over the last few months, MSJC has been having many conversations with activists in Brazil. In these conversations we have seen that the struggles we […]
Campaigner against forced evictions detained and harassed at Buruburu police station
Edwin Kimani, who together with other community members’ campaigns against forced evictions and land grabbing in Mathare, was detained by the police for no reason […]
Justice For Carilton Maina from Kibera – Another Victim of Extrajudicial Killings
Carilton Maina, a 23 year old from Kibera, was shot on December 21 on his way home from watching a football match. It is said […]
Threats to Justice Centre’s Working Group Members Must Stop!
Since the November 7th press conference organized by the Justice Centre’s Working Group to militate against the recent surge in extrajudicial killings in poor urban […]
Rethinking Transitional Justice from Community Social Justice Centres in Kenya
During the months of March – April 2018, every Tuesday of the week, Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) convened meetings with network community organizers and social […]