Thread by @NubianRights

Today we ask, while you are indoors because of the curfew, how safe are you from #insecurity #Hunger #Police
#PoliceBrutality
We recently received complains from residents in Lindi in Kibera on tear gas cannisters being thrown into compounds without provocation
Whats your story?

Curfew implementation was meant to contain the spread of #COVID19 but the same measures are putting people in informal settlement at risk of their rights being violated. There are cases of #PoliceBrutality #insecurity and #hunger on the rise.
#halimtaani

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We have had complains from people claiming harrassment and extortion in the night even when they are exempted from curfew as essential persons.
Some who tried to report these incidences were denied access to services in police stations

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#insecurity
There is a risk of insecurity in informal settlements due to lack of police patrol at night
Recently, a journalist working with pamoja fm was stabbed to death in makina near #KiberaLawCourts as he went home after work

Such incidents call for concern over the amount of security that essential persons who live in informal settlements have. It is risky going home late in the night with no police patrol to prevent such people from encountering attackers.

#FoodInsecurity
This has been a problem for people whose jobs profited from night jobs.
@routetofood

#mentalhealth
The curfew strains one mentally in communities where one faces insecurity, #covid19 and lack of food with no way to provide for families
#halimtaani

Despite the challenges, a lot of well wishers are constantly #fundraising to provide for people in the communities.

While this is a positive step @StateHouseKenya needs to consider implementing directives that are fully comprehensive by law enforcers and cater for all citizens

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