Oscar Ochieng, Author at Newsroom by Maudhui

The government of Kenya supposedly through a proxy is planning to block the access of a popular platform TikTok in the Country. A petitioner, Bob Ndolo, presented the motion to Parliament arguing that the content being shared on video sharing app TikTok is inappropriate. He is contending that it is promoting violence, explicit sexual content, hate speech, vulgar language, and offensive behavior, and continues to state that it is a serious threat to the cultural and religious values in Kenya. The state has not just woken to the popular video streaming application that launched over five years ago. Rather it has become more aware of

Opinion

August 6, 2023November 8, 2023 Oscar Ochieng

Kenya’s Justice System has Criminalized Poverty

If you lose your job or shut your business today and fall into the low cadre of the Kenyan society, you are likely to experience police harassments, oppressive laws and unfair courts, a reality that is the everyday lives of Kenya’s poor. In Kenya, the criminal justice system is a major driver of poverty because it mainly focuses on punishing the marginalized and the economically disadvantaged in favour of the rich and the elite. The justice system is skewed in that sentencing for similar offences is based on an individual’s socioeconomic status. Unfortunately, those who cannot afford legal representation in most cases end up receiving