By DEMAS KIPRONOMore by this AuthorOn April 13, President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Prevention of Torture Act. The Constitution of Kenya neither defines torture nor does it provide a framework for the reparation of victims of torture. These laws include the National Police Service Act, the Kenya Defence Forces Act and the National Intelligence Services Act. Political activists, suspects, complainants, lawyers, human rights defenders, whistle blowers and journalists have been victims of torture. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSESOn March 26, a journalist, Mr Isaiah Gwengi, was tortured by Administration Police officers in Usenge Township in Siaya County in retaliation for his investigative articles of human rights abuses.

Source: Daily Nation April 25, 2017 18:11 UTC