Dear students, even though we live in an unfair school system, do your best to read hard and learn from great people, so that you have the knowledge to help demand what's right on another day. #ifikiemastude

I am elated at the appointment of the first Kenyan woman, Major General Fatuma Ahmed to the position of Assistant Chief of the Defence Forces in charge of Personnel and Logistics. This is the first time a woman has held such a high ranking position within Kenya Defence Forces. Hongera!

Eastleigh High School in Kamukunji has solved the problem of truancy and absenteeism by installing a BVR system linking the student's arrival/departure in school to the parents and the school administration #KamukunjiVoice #KamukunjiRising Yusuf Hassan

Keith Morris has been jailed at #Leeds Crown Court for more than 18 years after being convicted of sexually abusing two children in Kenya. Full story here: bit.ly/2LpLj94

Council of Governors Ministry of Health Kitui County recently employed 35 doctors including pharmacists and dentists. They have advertised to add 9 more specialists doctors. Charity Ngilu has shown the CBA is good for healthcare. Can the 47 counties and MoH emulate this HRH approach?

My Cousin is admitted Nyeri General Hospital. He is urgently in need of blood, type O-. Point of contact is 0713 559 701. Please help me retweet this until he gets help Kenya Red Cross Robert ALAI, HSC JILL 😊 Oliver Mathenge Olé @hmmuigai The People’s President Kᗩᗰᗩᒪ 🦋 Kᗩᑌᖇ Eric Lord Abraham Mutai

Rest In Peace sister. You inspired.

The first panel for the morning will discuss the place of civil society, national human rights institutions and courts in promoting the right to live in the community.

.KNCHR Faizah Sidi outlines the role of national human rights institutions in advancing Article 19 of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the right of persons w disabilities to live independently & be included in community. #DisabilityRightsAfrica19

.uspkenya Linda Njeri speaks on the place of Kenyan courts in realising the rights of accused persons with psychosocial disabilities to live in the community. #DisabilityRightsAfrica19 #EnablingCommunityLiving

Adv Faiza Sidi says NHRIs have an important role in facilitating the active participation of persons w/ disabilities in reviewing legislation and human rights monitoring towards #EnablingCommunityLiving in line with A4(3) of the CRPD #DisabilityRightsAfrica2019 CentreForHumanRights

Join us for live streaming of the 3rd Cycle of the Kenya UPR Review at Catholic University of Eastern Africa.The review is proceeding in Geneva. #UPRreviewKE #HakiKwaWoteKilaWakati

The #UPR of #Kenya has just started. The delegation is headed by Ababu Namwamba, Chief Administrative Secretary and Deputy Minister, who is presenting the national report and the progress made in the field of #humanrights since last review.

Kenya's 3rd UPR ongoing in the 35th Session of the UPR Working Group of the HRC,Geneva. Over 120 States to make recommendations to Kenya in this session compared to 91 in the 2nd UPR..Message?.Human Rights matter..Kenya matters.KNCHR OHCHR KENYA COUNTRY OFFICE State Department for Foreign Affairs | Kenya #UPRreviewKE

Some key recommendations to Kenya: Abolish the death penalty; ratify all protocols & conventions [key OPCAT, CMW]; address EJKs; protect the rights of all minorities including sexual minorities and people living with albinism; implement NAP on Biz and HR KNCHR #UPRreviewKE

States at #UPR35 congratulate #Kenya for being the 1st African Country to adopt a National Action Plan on #Business & #HumanRights,which focuses on five critical thematic issues identified by #stakeholders: #labour , revenue transparency, #environment , #land, & #accesstojustice

Recommendations to Kenya at the 35th UPR Session: Protection of SRHR, including on safe abortion; combat hate speech and address violence during elections, especially sexual violence; provide redress to victims of election-related sexual violence. KNCHR #UPRreviewKE #UPR35

Midwives save the lives of mothers & babies every day, they help mums prevent transmission of HIV to their babies & to protect themselves too. They provide critical services for #SRHR. Give it up for our #sheroes ! Pay them well & protect them at work. #WorldHealthDay

A powerful message from Michael Holding #BlackLivesMatter