Celebration of Shujaa Yash Ghai on Mashujaa Day — October 20 2019
Sunday 20/10/2019 marks the National Mashujaa Day. This is a day when the Kenyan people collectively honour all those who have contributed and continue to […]
Social Justice Centres Working Group
Rethinking Transitional Justice As A Site of Social Justice Struggles
By Gacheke Gachihi “A small but powerful group of greedy self-seeking elite in the form of politicians, civil servants, and businessmen has steadily but very […]
Reflections on the 2019 Pan African Women’s Day at MSJC
By Lena Anyuolo On 9th August 2019, women in the Social Justice Centres, university students and children of Mathare gathered in the hall at Mathare […]
Social Justice Centre Working Group (SJCWG) meeting with Andrew Gilmour: Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
On May 13 2019 Social Justice Centre Working Group representatives met with Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and head of OHCHR in Nairobi […]
2019 SABA SABA Launch Press Statement by the Social Justice Centres Working Group (SJCWG)
On Wednesday, June 12, the Social Justice Centre’s Working Group (SJCWG) had their initial event marking the launch of Saba Saba activities. This was both […]
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 […]
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 […]