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Human rights gains at risk due to impunity among those in power

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Mathare-based leader Benna Buluma. She lost her two sons during the 2017 post-poll chaos. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Benna Buluma was not killed by raging floods. The Mathare-based leader was killed by the lack of dignified housing, urban planning and misgovernance.

This and the recent release of the global State of Human Rights report must trigger us to rethink how to future-proof Kenya, Africa, and the world.

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