Tag: Covid-19
Irregularities Mar Kenya’s COVID-19 Cash Transfers
By Human Rights Watch Press Published August 26, 2021 Kenyan authorities failed to design a social security programme that would guarantee everyone an adequate standard of living during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In a report titled We Are All Vulnerable Here: Kenya’s Pandemic Cash Transfer Program Riddled with Irregularities,…
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United Nations Focuses on Averting COVID-19 Food Crisis
By Irene Gaitirira Published December 17, 2020 While one in ten people is expected to go hungry as extreme poverty rises for the first time in 20 years, United Nations estimates that an additional 132 million people shall go hungry in 2020 due to the impact of the novel Coronavirus pandemic.…
Read MorePolice Brutality During Curfew Leaves Several Dead, Others with Life-Threatening Injuries
By Human Rights Watch Press Published April 24, 2020 At least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of Kenya’s dusk-to-dawn curfew, imposed on March 27, 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19. Police have shot and beat people at markets or returning home from work…
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