Saturday, December 6, 2025

A Seminar on The Law and Internet in Kenya on 7th March

The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 provides for the protection of the freedom of expression, freedom of the media, freedom of information, freedom of belief...

The Changing Role of Kenyan Bloggers in Exposing Corruption

The role of Kenyan blogs is now increasing and filling the void of a platform that Kenyans can publish and information on corruption as well as easily access and share such information.

Blogger Abraham Mutai Arrested and Released for reporting on Corruption in Isiolo County

On Saturday afternoon, a blogger by the name Abraham Mutai was arrested in Mombasa and quickly airlifted to Nairobi. There were rumors that the...

24 Year old Nancy Mbindalah Held in Custody then Pardoned for Undermining the Embu Governor

A 24-year old University Student, Nancy Mbindalah was in January this year arrested by Police in Embu County and held for allegedly abusing, spreading...

Hate Speech Cases against Allan Wadi and MP Moses Kuria Raise Questions on Double Standards

The hate speech case against Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria and the shift to have it resolved out of court as opposed to going...

University Student Allan Wadi gets 2 years Jail Term for Hate Speech on Facebook

  A fourth-year university student will spend two years in jail for posting on social media  insults against President Uhuru Kenyatta. Alan Wadi Okengo, alias Lieutenant...

We need Better Laws in Kenya to better protect Internet Freedoms

As at the end of the year 2014, Kenya status on Interned Freedoms was ‘Free’. According to Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization dedicated...

Arrested Kenyan Blogger Abraham Mutai @ItsMutai released on bond

Following the arrest of Kenyan Blogger Abraham Mutai  who uses the twitter handle @ItsMutai  in Mombasa yesterday, at long last, he has been released...

Nations Develop in an Environment of Freedom

The world as we know it, exists in its current form due to a number of intervening factors and key among them is this;...

A Call to all Kenyans Online to Mark Internet Freedom Day #iFreeKe

January 18th is Internet Freedom Day, an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate our freedom of expression. As a part of the campaign to mark...

Hate speech on Social Media: A Case of Misplaced Locus of Responsibility

  Written by Morris Kiruga Social media only features on our daily plate of bad places to hate on each other because it is sexy. It...

BAKE condemns the Kenyan Government prosecution of Dissident Citizens Online

As an organisation that represents the interest of bloggers and content creators  in Kenya, we the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE)  are concerned with...

Promoting Online Freedoms in Kenya

Why iFreedoms? Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has launched the iFreedoms project through the Kenya Monitor platform (www.monitor.co.ke). This project will promote internet freedom in...

Jukumu Letu Campaign launched in Nairobi to roll out in 47 Counties

Last week on Saturday 10th January, was the launch of the much anticipated Jukumu Letu country wide campaign to sensitize Kenyans on the need...

The Presidential Powers in the New Constitution

Kenya's first constitution was more a replica of British system of governance and ultimately centralized government power to serve the needs of a small...

The Constitution Guards Against Violation Of Human Rights

The respect for human rights is one of the basic postulates for an ideal society that acknowledges the right of all to search for...

Institutional Failure and its Effect on Separation of Powers

In the past of order of things, the president was paramount chief of the land, a patriarch (baba wa taifa) who could neither be...

This is Why the Constitution Matters

  The New Constitution was promulgated on August 27th 2010 and was the culmination of 41 years of protests and lobbying. Kenyans celebrated and the...

Abortion; Is The Right, right?

I walk into a room and my friends are in the middle of a very heated discussion on abortions and how the Kenya Constitution...

To Dehumanize others is to Dehumanize Ourselves

We cannot violate another person’s humanity without violating our own. This realization led to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by...

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