Community development worker, Social change agent, Thespian and lover of art. Using participatory approaches to engage communities in influencing social change.
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined September 2011
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Peter litonde retweeted
THIS WAS the moment overzealous policemen without uniforms pounced on a handful of unarmed picketers, mindlessly grabbing anyone in sight including our reporter Ode Francis. The manhandling of Ode and the activists was lawless, unwarranted and primitive. Besides innocent persons like our reporter Ode falling victim, such barbaric swoops by rogue, unidentified, so-called ‘plainclothes police’ on protesters or picketers violate the law and the Constitution. @NPSOfficial_KE @InteriorKE STOP IT.
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𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗜 𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗦: 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧
Across Nairobi’s informal settlements, many human-rights violations never reach courtrooms or official records. Young people report harassment, arbitrary arrests, false accusations and questionable charges, yet some cases end with small fines or are abandoned because pursuing justice is costly and disruptive.
𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗜 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀, a digital platform for documenting human-rights violations and supporting grassroots Human Rights Defenders, is helping bring these hidden experiences into focus. Through community-based documentation, the Social Justice Centres Working Group can identify patterns that conventional justice statistics may miss.
The platform highlights a critical justice gap: the absence of a court case does not necessarily mean the absence of a violation. Economic hardship, limited legal support and lack of accessible justice pathways can force survivors to move on without accountability.
𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗜 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀 is therefore about more than data. It is about making hidden violations visible, strengthening community evidence and building pathways to justice.
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👇🏿
socialjusticecentrewg.org/%f…
Peter litonde retweeted
On Monday our team together with community members, @IJMKenya and police officers, joined hands to renovate Mukuru Police Post cells through painting and floor repairs.The initiative was a collaborative effort to improve the condition of the cells, strengthen relationships between the police and the community, and create space for constructive dialogue on building a safer and more secure Mukuru.
At MCJC we believe that community safety is built through collaboration, mutual trust, accountability and respect for human rights. By working together, we can foster a community where everyone feels safe, their dignity is upheld and human rights violations are prevented.Together let’s build trust, strengthen accountability and create a Mukuru free from human rights violations.
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Support by signing the petition.Full mplementaion of the Victim protection Act of 2014.
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Haki Kwa Wote: Families of the disappeared demand truth, justice, accountability and stronger action against enforced disappearances in Kenya.
Read More: missingvoices.or.ke/article/…
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On 10 August 2026, we brought together representatives from the National Police Service (NPS), IPOA, state institutions, civil society, the media, academia and other key stakeholders for the National Multi-Stakeholder Convening on Political Goonism and Hired Violence, convened in partnership with CHRIPS.
The convening examined the drivers, networks and structures that sustain political goonism and hired violence in Kenya, and what needs to be done to prevent violence ahead of the 2027 General Elections.
It was agreed: Kenya must move from reacting to violence after it occurs to preventing it before it happens. This means strengthening early warning, improving coordination, pursuing those who organise and finance violence, protecting victims and witnesses, engaging communities and political parties, and ensuring that institutional commitments translate into action.
Yet, we continue to see the persistence of political goonism and the risks it poses to peaceful political and civic participation.
The question, therefore, is not whether we know what needs to be done. It is whether we will act and act early.
The convening identified 10 immediate priorities to guide coordinated action:
1. Establish the coordination mechanism with designated focal persons from key institutions.
2. Map high-risk areas using existing research, police information, civil society documentation and community intelligence.
3. Develop an early-warning framework with clear channels for reporting, verification and escalation.
4. Strengthen investigations into organisers, financiers and recruiters behind political violence.
5. Revitalise community policing and Nyumba Kumi structures in identified high-risk areas.
6. Engage political parties and secure public commitments against hired violence.
7. Strengthen victim and witness protection and referral mechanisms.
8. Develop a common documentation protocol for civil society, media and state institutions.
9. Scale youth prevention interventions in high-risk communities.
10. Establish a public accountability dashboard to track institutional commitments.
These are immediate priorities requiring coordinated implementation.
As Kenya approaches the 2027 General Elections, the goal must be clear: citizens should be able to participate in political and civic life without fear, intimidation or violence.
END GOONISM NOW!
@AmnestyKenya @TheRWCHR @hrw @CHRIPSKE @LawSocietyofKe @ealawsociety @IPOA_KE @NPSOfficial_KE
#EndGoonism #ProtectDemocracy #ICJKenya
Peter litonde retweeted
Wako Wapi (Where Are They?)
In this documentary, VOCAL Africa showcases the struggles Kenyan families have undergone since the disappearance of their kin.
The families of Jimmy Mutava, Salim Hemed, MacMilan Kiarie (also known as Maxi), Michael Oloo, Evans Otieno and Abdulaziz Ali are tormented by the unknown whereabouts of their loved ones.
youtu.be/4eTJTMIxxUY
Peter litonde retweeted
Missing Voices will be part of The Star’s X Space today, Wednesday, September 2, at 8 PM, exploring a critical question ahead of the 2027 General Elections: Are abductions becoming a new electoral strategy?
Tune in and join the conversation.
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Peter litonde retweeted
The forced disappearance of journalist Alex Kiprotich is not an isolated case. It is part of a growing pattern that demands urgent action.We demand that the State criminalize enforced disappearance and make it a standalone offence in Kenya.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Peter litonde retweeted
Haki Kwa Wote means justice should not depend on who you are, where you live, or what resources you have. Everyone deserves protection, dignity, and equal access to justice. Learn why this matters and how we can all build a justice system that works
#HakiKwaWote
#JusticeForAll
Peter litonde retweeted
Comrade Otieno Ombok, the community representative who has been at the forefront of the Access to Information campaign against the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NUPEA), was arrested on Tuesday morning while making a solidarity court appearance.
Mr. Ombok is currently being held without any formal charge, and the reasons for his arrest remain unknown to his legal representatives and family.
This development comes less than 48 hours after a delegation led by Mr. Ombok met with the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) in Kisumu to push for accountability and transparency regarding NUPEA’s proposed nuclear energy project in Central Sakwa Ward, Siaya County.
#MapinduziKE
Peter litonde retweeted
Fellow Kenyans, here is the link to the Report of the National Taskforce on Improvement of the Terms and Conditions of Service and Other Reforms for Members of the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service and National Youth Service, widely referred to as the Maraga Taskforce report:
maragareport.filedrop.me/s/p…
#Ukombozi2027
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The Missing Voices Coalition launched the Haki Kwa Wote Campaign, bringing together families of victims, survivours, human rights organisations and other stakeholders to renew the call for justice and accountability for enforced disappearances in Kenya.
missingvoices.or.ke/article/…
Peter litonde retweeted
We must unite and push for legislation to criminalize enforced disappearance in Kenya. No family should be left searching for a loved one. No victim should be erased from the justice system.
#EndEnforcedDisappearance #CriminalizeEnforcedDisappearance #HakiKwaWote
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#EnforcedDisappearances
#VictimsFirstActionNow
STATEMENT
To commemorate the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed annually on 30th
August, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (@HakiKNCHR ) unequivocally condemns enforced disappearance in all its forms and calls for an immediate end to abductions, secret detention and other forms of unacknowledged deprivation of liberty in Kenya.
Enforced disappearance constitutes a grave violation of fundamental human rights. It places individuals outside the protection of the law and violates, among others, the rights to life, liberty and security of the person, human dignity and freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. It also inflicts profound and continuing suffering on families who are denied information concerning the whereabouts and fate of their loved ones.
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VIDEO EXPLAINER: Kenya must ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, strengthen domestic accountability and ensure that every family has the right to truth and justice.
Victims First. Action Now.
Peter litonde retweeted
Today together with the @MissingVoicesKE , we are launching a campaign to end enforced disappearances in Kenya. No more enforced dissapearence. We demand justice, accountability, truth and legislation that criminalizes enforced disappearance.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
