This investigative documentary by Africa Uncensored uncovers the disturbing reality inside Ebenezer Children’s Home in Kajiado, Kenya. Through exclusive whistleblower testimonies and secret audio recordings, we expose allegations of systemic sexual abuse and exploitation within a facility meant to be a sanctuary for vulnerable children. #HavenOfHell also explores the failure of Kenya’s child protection systems, the lack of oversight by the National Council for Children’s Services, and the powerful connections that have allowed these alleged atrocities to continue unhindered. We also look at the impact on survivors and the urgent need for reform in how Kenya manages charitable children’s institutions.I am a journalist based in Nairobi with a passion for investigative journalism and data journalism producing content that sheds light on critical issues in the community. I break down complex ideas and matters into clear and straightforward stories for my audience using emerging storytelling techniques tailored to the needs of contemporary audiences.Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );
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Read briefing Kenya’s President William Ruto speaks during a joint news conference with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb in the Hall of Mirrors of the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya will pay compensation to almost 2,000 victims of protest-related human rights abuses, President William Ruto said on Monday, marking a rare national reparations process outside the judicial system.Violent protests in the East African nation have left a trail of destruction in which hundreds of people have died, were injured, or suffered business losses. In the most recent incident, two demonstrations over an Ebola quarantine center for Americans left three people dead and dozens of others injured.The victims of human rights abuses will begin receiving compensation from next week after vetting by the state-funded human rights commission. The total pay out is expected to total $15 million.Ruto, speaking during the release of a national Reparations Framework Report, said the compensation represents “a state acknowledgment that harm occurred” and was not an “admission” of guilt.Dozens of people died and hundreds of others were injured in annual anti-government protests against increased taxes in June 2024 and June 2025. Property worth millions of dollars was destroyed in a series of protests that the government said were infiltrated by criminals.Ruto said the compensation was not the “price of life, of pain or of loss,” and that should not be seen as a “reward for violence or criminality” in a country where violent protests are common.“A nation heals by tending to its wounds rather than pretending they does not exist,” he said.Claris Ogangah, head of Kenya’s National Commission on Human Rights, said the payments would contribute to the nation’s healing.“The stories captured in the Reparations Framework Report remind us that behind every statistic is a human being — a family and a community whose suffering has often remained unseen and unacknowledged,” she said.“By giving voice to these experiences, the report contributes to a national process of healing founded on truth, recognition, and remembrance.”
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Read briefing In Episode 3 of #VoicesInDarkness, we sit down with “Peter” to hear the chilling true story of a criminal encounter and a police standoff that should have been his end. Voices In Darkness is an Africa Uncensored docuseries produced by Elijah Kanyi. Behind every crime, there is a story left untold—until now. The post “I Survived an Execution”: The Man They Couldn’t Kill | VOICES IN DARKNESS EP3 appeared first on Africa Uncensored.
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Read briefing East Africa’s high unemployment level is pushing young people to the extreme where well organised individuals through fraudulent job advertisements and a promise for a better life are luring them to work in Myanmar, a South East Asian country that has been under military rule since 2021.On reaching Myanmar through various criminal syndicates, the workers are forced into armed, high-tech scam compounds run by rebels deep in the forests. The victims are trapped in debt and have to endure extreme physical violence as their masters’ push for results.For more than eight months, Africa Uncensored dug into the hidden reality of what happens when people are trafficked, exposing a pipeline that lures vulnerable individuals halfway across the world with promises of legitimate work. But what awaits them is far from what was promised.Their stories reveal not just the reality of trafficking, but the human cost of systems and governments that fail to protect their own people.In the bustling streets of Nairobi, thousands of young people chase the promise of a job and a better life. The Federation of Kenya Employers, a national umbrella body and the voice of employers in Kenya, says that each year, over one million young people enter the country’s job market, but jobs are few and far between. Youth unemployment among those aged 15 to 34 hovers at 67 percent. Two out of three young people are unemployed. The unemployment situation in neighbouring Uganda is similar as young people are left with no option but to scout for jobs abroad.This is how Malcom (not real name), a Ugandan and Kwamboka (not real name) a Kenyan ended up into slavery in the jungles of Myanmar, working for a multi-billion-dollar human trafficking and cyber fraud industry. They each give their accounts independently on how they ended up in the Myanmar jungles far from their homeland.31-year-old Kwamboka, a single mother of two, once dreamed of a better future for her daughters. She wanted to give them a chance at the life she never had. So, when an opportunity to work overseas surfaced, it felt like the break she had been waiting for.A family friend told her there was a job opportunity in Thailand and that she needed to be tipped for scouting for that job. Days later, the family friend took Kwamboka to an office along Ngara Street, Nairobi to meet a travel agent concerned.“I was introduced to a gentleman who mentioned he has jobs as a cleaner, secretary, and customer service. I responded that I would prefer to go with customer service, because it is less demanding,” Kwamboka said.She identifies the travel agent as John Njuguna. It is this Njuguna who handled her travel documents after she paid a processing fee.Within three weeks, everything was set for her to leave. Before she departed, she was introduced to Grace Eshiwani, the person who would become her main link to the supposed employers overseas.“Eshiwani instructed me to go to a cyber cafe where I did a live interview for typing” Kwomboka revealed, noting that it was Njuguna who introduced her to Eshiwani, who then guided her all the way to Bangkok.Before catching the flight to Thailand, Eshiwani coached Kwamboka on what to say if the immigration officers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi questioned her.“Don’t tell him you’re going to work. Tell him you are going on vacation. In that ticket, there is a day to go and come back. Everything is in there,” Eshiwani’s message to Kwamboka read.“When we arrived in Bangkok, we met people who had our photos. Not one, not two. We were directed to the vehicle that was to ferry us, a BMW!” Kwamboka said. She now looked at a better life, a fresh start that would make her children back home live a better life.This excitement was short-lived as it spiralled into an 18-hour ordeal. Meanwhile Eshiwani was still in contact with Kwamboka through Telegram. He kept reassuring her that all was proceeding as planned.Disturbed, Kwamboka called Eshiwani to find out what was going on. He reassured her again that he was in Bangkok and that he was going to pick her.“They frisked us, they took our passports and phones, but they forgot to take one of my phones and directed me to the lady’s hostel. I had my phone, immediately I shared my location with Njuguna, my mum and a friend,” shared Kwamboka. “I texted them that this is the place where I am at, but it is not what I was expecting,” she said.Within minutes, soldiers came in, they started by slapping her, speaking a language she could not understand. One of the roommates told her that they wanted her phone. She handed it over.At the camp where Kwamboka was, Samuel Wakoli, a Kenyan and a father of three had arrived days earlier. Wakoli’s agents were the same as Kwamboka, Njuguna and Eshiwani. Wakoli had paid Ksh 170,000 in two installments as processing fee.This was not his first plan to leave Kenya. Wakoli had hoped to travel to Spain, but he could not afford the processing fee of Ksh 300,000. While still in Kenya, Njuguna advised Wakoli to first travel to Bangkok and work in a supermarket from where he will collect the money to take him to Spain.
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Read briefing At a Kenya-hosted summit, companies announced new Africa investment commitments, including Kenyan clean-cooking support and a sustainable aviation fuel project tied to Kenya Airways.Why it matters: This signals cross-border investment momentum and infrastructure/energy financing relevant to Kenya’s economy and regional positioning.
Read briefing IEBC’s voter-registration and strategic documents repeatedly pair registration outreach with anti-misinformation messaging and confidence-building around the register and results chain.Why it matters: Election misinformation is already being treated as an operational risk and can affect county-level turnout and trust.
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Read briefing Protests have erupted in Nairobi as a nationwide public transport strike begins over rising fuel prices. (AP video shot by Andrew Kasuku)A man demonstrates near a fire during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)People strip parts from a burned-out vehicle during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)A man walks past burning tyres during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)People protest during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)A protester gestures during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)Protests have erupted in Nairobi as a nationwide public transport strike begins over rising fuel prices. (AP video shot by Andrew Kasuku)A man demonstrates near a fire during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)A man demonstrates near a fire during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)People strip parts from a burned-out vehicle during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)People strip parts from a burned-out vehicle during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)A man walks past burning tyres during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)A man walks past burning tyres during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)People protest during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)People protest during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)A protester gestures during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)A protester gestures during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Four people died and over 30 others were injured when police clashed with protesters in Kenya’s capital on Monday as a nationwide public transport strike kicked off to protest record fuel prices.Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen also said 348 people were arrested and would be charged over their involvement in what he called violent illegal protests. He did not say how the four people were killed, but witnesses told local media that police in Nairobi had opened fire.Commuters were stranded in many suburbs and the city center was deserted as protesters burned tires on major roads and attacked motorists, setting at least two vehicles on fire.Kenya’s fuel prices hit a record high on Friday, with the diesel price increasing by 23.5% and gasoline by 8%. The government attributed the previous price increase to the Iran war and its effects on energy supplies, but it reduced taxes to lessen the shock for consumers.President William Ruto, who has been out of the country, did not comment on the new increase or the protests.The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday said the increased prices would affect all commodities and services. It also noted that Kenya’s price hike from April to May was much higher than the rise in global oil prices: “This points to the continued role of domestic cost buildup.”Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, who joined the opposition after his impeachment in October 2024 over corruption allegations, blamed the sharp rise on corrupt businesspeople who want to increase profit margins.He compared Kenya’s fuel prices to those in neighboring landlocked countries that rely on Kenyan ports for importation of fuel, such as Uganda, where prices are lower.
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