Wakenya & Friends. You really came through for Mathare in the wake of the floods & evictions by the government. We have tried our best to capture all your names. Forgive us if we missed you, but know that we will never forget: we are because you are
Yesterday, 25 year old Silas Ngila Wambua was shot dead by police accompanying the inhumane ongoing demolitions in Mlango Kubwa. He was trying to save his mother’s work tools: she works as a mandazi seller
@IPOA_KE
@SakajaJohnson
@IG_NPS
we demand justice!
Wakenya, 40+ Kenyans died from the floods in Mathare on Tuesday, & many more have no place to sleep. We have a tent where we are providing meals & kindly ask for support for them. To donate call: 0791334684. Or send to Paybill 4060187 & Account MSJC.
"You teargassed my child!"
We captured the dramatic arrest of a protester in Mathare.
By the time of publication, the police had not disclosed where the man was held.
#MaandamanoWednesday
Kirutu Chege remains in custody, as well as other comrades: Gathanga Ndung’u (seen in the video holding a sign), Davis Otieno, Kinuthia Ndung’u & Sebby Apudo. We demand their immediate release!
George Chege, a protestor who took to the streets today for the
#NaneNaneMarch
was arrested as he shared his reasons for taking to the streets.
Video by
@tom_mukhwana
.
Mathare says abolish the police! Power to the people. We want dignified lives not "good relations with the police." Mathare residents demanding justice and an end to police killings now
@UhaiWetu
@MissingVoicesKE
@InsecurityKE
Wakenya & Friends, since April 24, The Network of Mathare Community Social Justice Centres has raised 3,129,661 KES to support flood victims. Here is how your donations have been spent. Asanteni sana for the ubuntu: indeed, we are because you are.
Cops from Huruma station beat residents of the area last night & threw teargas into a house where a 2 month old slept. Baby is in hospital & needs breathing support. The parents have been denied an OB number. We demand action!
@NPSOfficial_KE
@IPOA_KE
@irunguhoughton
@UhaiWetu
36 of our Comrades are unlawfully detained at Central Police Station after today’s protests. Some are bleeding & need medical attention. Please call OCS Moses Mutayi to pressure him to release them. His number is: 0722492671
@IMLU_org
@HakiAfrica
@bonifacemwangi
@brutality_ke
Last night, 2 youth, Zaka & Aoko, were killed by Oti from Pangani Police during a protest in Mlango to stop the arrest of Mei. Mei & 5 parents were arrested & Mei's mother was beaten. Zaka is below.
@NPSOfficial_KE
@IPOA_KE
when will Pangani station stop the hunting of our youth?
Asanteni! With your help, yesterday we fed over 200 families & still have enough rice & firewood for today. Many are sleeping on church floors or outside, & so kindly requesting bedding donations, & school books & uniforms for kids who are back to school next week. Tunashukuru!
Karibu all to our ongoing People’s Assembly in Kosovo, Mathare! We are meeting today to continue to organize with our people for a more just & dignified future; one that will have no more oppressed.
#NaneNaneMarch
The full cost of maandamano policing on our communities remains untold. Our documentation includes the death of a 2 month old from tear gas & a 13 year old from a bullet to the head. Our report available here:
.
We need justice
@IPOA_KE
@NPSOfficial_KE
URGENT ALERT: After the heavy rains last night, Mathare 4A has flooded again this morning at 2 am. We desperately need tents to pitch across higher ground in Mathare, especially for children & pregnant women. Please contact: 0705577474
@KenyaRedCross
@SakajaJohnson
@FoundationGf
*Alert:* Andy Ndichu (21) was arrested while walking in Mlango Kubwa by notorious police officer Baraza, using Probox no KCP 361V /KCD 243H @ 7pm. His mother was beaten by Baraza last time she protested his arrest. Let's keep Andy alive
@IPOA_KE
@InsecurityKE
@NPSOfficial_KE
Today morning, Mathare residents protested evictions by the river without the provision of alternative housing. 26 of our members were violently detained & the police have also locked our space.
@NPSOfficial_KE
We demand the release of Mathare residents & an end to evictions!
This Saturday, August 17, we have a collaborative event with
@Tshisimani
in Cape Town to reflect on the uprising of youth in Kenya against and beyond the 2024 Finance Bill. Karibu to all!
@gacheke2011
@africasacountry
Harrison Mumo from Mlango Kubwa, whose brother was killed by Baraza in 2018, has had his boda taken by Okoth from Pangani Police Station. The boda was taken to Pangani Vision apartments where notorious officer Rashid is. Is this a set up?
@IPOA_KE
@bonifacemwangi
@UhaiWetu
Thanks all who asked to support grassroots work to end police killings.
@MathareSJustice
is small & we don't have a Paybill, but MPESA direct to our account works. All donations will be noted on our website & please DM the confirmation: Paybill 522522; account: 1181953162.
Today @ 11 am Rashid, known killer cop, "visited" us to "lodge a complaint" about an "Ali" who he says has been discrediting him on social media. He also demanded to see our leadership to tell "his side of the story." This is a threat. Our statement here:
In a week, 5 youth killed in Mathare. 1 on Thursday & Friday, 2 on Sunday, 1 today. Officers Mkhwana, Rashid, Baraza & Koril are responsible. Today they used Probox KCX761H/KCC 761H
@IPOA_KE
@IG_NPS
We will no longer be killed & silenced!
@AmnestyKenya
@UhaiWetu
@InsecurityKE
Mothers & wives of extrajudicial killing victims from Kayole, Mathare, Mukuru & Dandora struggling together, singing "killings get back we are moving forward." Happening now @ the Mothers of Victims & Survivors Network Launch
@UhaiWetu
@Naomi2908
@gacheke2011
@nhrf_hrd
@DCI_Kenya
Thanks to the lawyers & solidarity that got our comrades released from Central. They were to be charged with possessing a 'stolen phone' but it is was changed to 'failing to social distance,' bail of 5k each. The struggle continues!
@UhaiWetu
@AmnestyKenya
@suhayllo
Collins, a witness to the killing of Dominic Kulema by killer cop Baraza on February 23 in Mathare, has been abducted by police officer Njoro. We have been searching for him since 10 am. Lets find him & save his life
@InsecurityKE
@IPOA_KE
@UhaiWetu
@AmnestyKenya
@IG_NPS
Police car KAU 1O8X has arrested five youth and Shelly of
@MathareSJustice
Shelly is the one of the coordinators of our social justice kids club. All in solidarity please let's check for them at Pangani or Huruma police stations
@DefendersKE
@KamweP
@AmnestyKenya
@ICJKenya
It's 2 years since the police execution of Yassin Moyo, who was 13 when he was killed in the name of enforcing the 'Covid curfew.' Yesterday Mathare remembered, wept but vowed to keep organizing for him & all victims of police executions
#StopKillingUs
@NPSOfficial_KE
@IPOA_KE
Today is the judgement in the case of Nura Malicha, who was killed in 2015 while working at the Kiamaiko goat market. He was only 17, unarmed & on his knees. We are at the courts & demand justice!
@AmnestyKenya
@UhaiWetu
@IJMKenya
"As We Lose Our Fear," our exhibition with
@EdR4m
&
@BarazaLab
opened today @ Circle Art Gallery. On until August 6, come see powerful images of members of the Mothers of Victims & Survivors Network, an association of people whose family members were killed by the Kenyan police.
27 Mathare residents remain detained at Pangani police station after their arrest yesterday for protesting demolitions without housing provision. We demand their unconditional release, the end to demolitions & that the police stop occupying our centre
@IG_NPS
#Free27MathareHRDs
What is happening tonight??! Otis, also of the notorious Pangani 6 police crew, has taken John to Bungalow in Mlango Kubwa & has made him kneel down as if to kill him. This state sanctioned extermination of Mathare youth MUST STOP
@IG_NPS
@NPSOfficial_KE
@AmnestyKenya
@UhaiWetu
For those defending killer-cop Rashid, mothers in Mathare today listed 43 youth he has killed since 2016. It's here: Children as young as 12. And more . We can't wait to see him in court
@AmnestyKenya
@ReformsGroup
@IPOA_KE
@ODPP_KE
Cops from Huruma station beat residents of the area last night & threw teargas into a house where a 2 month old slept. Baby is in hospital & needs breathing support. The parents have been denied an OB number. We demand action!
@NPSOfficial_KE
@IPOA_KE
@irunguhoughton
@UhaiWetu
From 28 July - 6 August, us,
@EdR4m
&
@BarazaLab
will host a photography exhibition, As We Lose Our Fear, @ Circle Art Gallery, on the Mother of Victims & Survivors Network, an association of people whose family members were killed by the Kenyan police:
One month after the floods, violent evictions by the state are happening in Mathare. No notice, no alternative housing & the death of three people including a minor. This is war on poor people by this criminal UDA government
@SakajaJohnson
@WilliamsRuto
@OHCHRKENYA
@MarthaKarua
The Mathare Special Planning Area Research Collective (MSPARC), made recommendations for a people-centered COVID-19 government response in Mathare -- a response that works with the knowledge of grassroots organizations. See here:
@Naomi2908
@Wanavijiji
Join us tomorrow & Thursday, June 12 & 13, at the Kibera Court from 9 am, as we attend the court case of killer-cop Ahmed Rashid. We will be there to demand justice for all of our loved ones killed by his bullets. We all have a right to life!
@MothersVictims
Again in 2021, we send an alert to save Andy Ndichu (21). Baraza has taken him from Mlango Kubwa using Probox KCP 631V. We need to save him & stop the harassment of his family. Lets work to keep Andy alive & Baraza charged!
@IPOA_KE
@NPSOfficial_KE
@InsecurityKE
@UhaiWetu
*Alert:* Andy Ndichu (21) was arrested while walking in Mlango Kubwa by notorious police officer Baraza, using Probox no KCP 361V /KCD 243H @ 7pm. His mother was beaten by Baraza last time she protested his arrest. Let's keep Andy alive
@IPOA_KE
@InsecurityKE
@NPSOfficial_KE
As we waited and sang for our detained Comrades together with
@WMutunga
and
@bonifacemwangi
, the police teargassed us. We remain unbowed & call on Kenyans to continue calling & demanding for the release of our Comrades
@DefendersKE
Karibu sana October 28, 2 - 6 pm, to the launch of a powerful book by comrade
@SGathanga
. It’s title tells it all: “Mathare: An Urban Bastion of Anti-Oppression Struggle in Kenya.” Big up to
@DarajaPress
for publishing it & we hope to see you there !
@UkomboziLibrary
@UhaiWetu
Dear friends of
@MathareSJustice
, over the last few months many of you have contributed to us as an organisation, as centres in Mathare & to the
@DefendersKE
bail fund on Saba Saba day when 60+ of us were arrested. We don't know all your names, but we see you & say a BIG thanks!
Tommorrow, June 24, the cop charged with killing Yasin Moyo will appear @ Mlimani Court @ 9.30 am, plead not guilty & ask for bail. Lawyers for Yasin's family will counter this request. We also remember victims whose cases are suspended because of the lockdown. We need justice!
Munyoki, 17years, was gunned down by the police last year at 2a.m in Mlango kubwa while going to the toilet. It was too early for him to be seen outside. It was too early for him to go to the toilet. Last month alone, 14 young men were killed in Mathare.
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
"Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children".
~Amilcar Cabral
Collins, a witness to the killing of Dominic Kulema by killer cop Baraza on February 23 in Mathare, has been abducted by police officer Njoro. We have been searching for him since 10 am. Lets find him & save his life
@InsecurityKE
@IPOA_KE
@UhaiWetu
@AmnestyKenya
@IG_NPS
Please donate to Defenders Coalition Bail and Bond Fund. They are mobilizing bail for the 60+ activists who have been unlawfully arrested today while excercising Article 37 of the Constitution - their right to a peaceful demonstration
@UhaiWetu
@DefendersKE
@Naomi2908
@suhayllo
Our comrades are finally free after two days in corrupt Kamukunji Police Station! We are grateful for the solidarity from
@UhaiWetu
@AmnestyKenya
@bonifacemwangi
@DefendersKE
@IJMKenya
, and all of those who stood firm for justice. We will defeat the false charges on December 8!
Four comrades have been arrested & are at Kileleshwa Police Station. Shame on
@NPSOfficial_KE
for violently disrupting this peaceful protest. We are asking all to please call the OCS at Kileleshwa Police Station, Jeremiah Mwenda, to demand the release of our comrades: 0711364519
Police violently breakup and disrupt and injure our Comrades at a peaceful demonstration called by Palestine solidarity orgs this morning. The Kenyan state stands condemned for supporting genocide in violation of Kenyan Law
#releasekilecomradesnow
#GazaGenocide
#StopGazaNakba
In 3 days, 5 youth killed in Mathare. Today Max from
@CentreRuaraka
was arrested & taken to DCI at Railways. After his release, Max, Georges from
@CKiamaiko
& Steve & Mike from
@MathareSJustice
were arrested without cause & are now at Kamukunji Police Station
@IG_NPS
@
@IPOA_KE