Crowds for Hire: How Kenyan politicians source crowds for events
The late former president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi had devised strategies and tactics that endeared him to the masses, and years later, his crowd-pulling strategies are still being applied.
Nowadays, huge crowds at political events are a show of might, popularity and influence. But are they organic and genuine? Are the masses supporting the politicians or amassing money for themselves?
NTV's Sidney Chazima sat down with various players in the political arena in search of answers and brings us a comprehensive report on Crowds For Hire.
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Once A Criminal...
Mid 2016, police found themselves dealing with a new and awkward form of crime. Criminal gangs in Kisauni, mombasa were reportedly waylaying women and suckling their breasts. Months earlier and those that would follow, the gangs attacked their victims with machetes fatally wounding dozens and in most cases causing life threatening injuries. Most people now walk in Kisauni with scars inflicted by the gangs.
To understand why they did it and how coordinated the gangs were, NTV set out on a journey to speak to former members of the dreaded Wakali Kwanza and Wakali Wao gangs and now we can present this special report – ONCE A CRIMINAL, Inside the dreaded lives of Kisauni Gangs.
April 16, 2024
Education in private hands | EQuality
Education in private hands...falling standards and inefficiencies pushing learners private schools.
April 13, 2024
The Holy Betrayal
The seventh-Day Adventist church has been fighting for it's space and legitimacy over the years as critics and self-proclaimed cult watchers like Dr Walter Martin attempted to liken it to one in a 1955 book, the Rise of the Cults. Until Walter and the likes changed their views in 1965, the church has grown and tremendously transformed the belief of their members. By 2019, there were 21,000,000 baptized members around the world. In this story, we focus on the emergence of SDA offshoots, splinter groups that are threatening the legitimacy of the church and creating a fight between extremists and Adventists.
April 7, 2024
Inside The Coveted City Land
For 16 years, a 7.3 hectare parcel of land located in Loresho along the Lower Kabete Road has been the subject of contestation with the "temporary detention" of lands CS Alice Wahome on the parcel about a month ago being one of the latest public developments about that land. As of today, 3 parties are laying claim to the property. Investigations by NTV's specials and investigations unit, are now drawing in a possible soon to be 4th claimant, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja who may have already made part payment to own the land. Here's our senior specials and Investigations reporter Ibrahim Karanja with the details behind this property that has made authorities seemingly rendered powerless in as far as bringing order is concern. The story is Inside the Coveted City Land.
March 31, 2024
#DefeatingJustice: The mismanagement of corruption cases by the ODPP
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has come under mounting criticism over the handling of corruption cases. Most recently, the office has clashed with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission on the withdrawal of two cases involving former high ranking government officials. The courts have also taken issue with what one judge described as the 'fashion' of withdrawing cases by the office of the DPP. The office of the DPP has also been called to order by the courts in some cases for preferring charges before conclusive investigations and in others, sabotaging their own cases mid-stream when the courts decline their applications for withdrawal, giving accused persons a walk over. The civil society has joined the courts in calling for consequences where the office of the DPP fails to discharge their constitutional mandate.
March 24, 2024
SophieBot the AI chatbot covering sexuality and sexual reproductive health || Equality
For young people who have sexual reproductive health questions and are afraid of talking about sex with adults, SophieBot is here for you.
According to Irvine Mukasa, the developer, SophieBot is an AI chatbot that is fed with verified information on sexuality and sexual reproductive health and relays the information to its users through conversations that are driven by text or voice chats.
March 23, 2024
Meru Political Unease
Meru county governor Kawira Mwangaza has survived two impeachment attempts barely a year in office. The political heavy weight she defeated in the 2022 election have been blamed for engineering her political woes, or are they?
March 21, 2024
Heights of impunity
Uncontrolled development of highrise apartments in kilimani, kileleshwa and Lavington areas of the capital Nairobi, are exerting a strain on available amenities and may soon turn the areas into vertical slums if left unchecked. Residents and original property owners say this has been occasioned by new trendy developers who are acting in total disregard for existing zoning by-laws, plot ratios, ground coverage and the environmental.
March 21, 2024
State House road executions: Murders that shook the presidency
March 5, 2009 was a tense Thursday in Nairobi. Security forces seemed overwhelmed by protesting members of the outlawed Mungiki sect who had paralysed activities in various parts of the city.
The protests were about the rise in extrajudicial killings by the police. The demonstrators had the backing of the Oscar Foundation, which had documented evidence of police excesses and also offered free legal aid to victims.
Earlier that afternoon, then Government Spokesperson Alfred Mutua, like police headquarters, had warned that stern action would be taken against any organisation abetting Mungiki activities.
At dusk, two officials of the Oscar Foundation, Oscar Kamau King'ara, 39, and George Paul (GP) Oulu, 26, were ambushed by gunmen in rush hour traffic along State House Road.
Oscar and his communications and advocacy officer were shot dead at point blank range at around 6.30pm.
March 18, 2024