by WEVYN MUGANDA | Jul 17, 2020 | Covid-19, Human Rights, Justice, Kenya, Online Radicalisation, Online Recruitment, Peace and Security, Violent Extremism, Youth
One year ago today, alongside the UN Youth Envoy Ms Jayathma and the Afghan Representative to the UN, Ms Sofia Ramyar, I had the privilege of briefing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda. This...
by WEVYN MUGANDA | Jul 10, 2020 | Covid-19, Human Rights, Justice, Kenya, NCTC, Online Radicalisation, Online Recruitment, Radicalisation, Terrorism, Violent Extremism, Violent Extremism in Kenya
Resilient communities are made of people who are healthy, free and living dignified lives. As some countries transition to the recovery phase, in my country Kenya, the numbers continue to rise and a growing despair can be felt. The directives and measures issued to...
by WEVYN MUGANDA | Feb 21, 2019 | Human Rights, Kenya, NCTC, Online Radicalisation, Online Recruitment, Radicalisation, Terrorism, Violent Extremism, Violent Extremism in Kenya
The national strategy to counter violent extremism in Kenya (popular version) is a 4 – 5 hrs read. The average human can focus on a task for about 10-20 minutes according to Wikipedia. If you choose to do it in a day this means it could take you about 6-8 hours...
by WEVYN MUGANDA | Aug 7, 2018 | Human Rights, Kenya, NCTC, Online Radicalisation, Online Recruitment, Radicalisation, Terrorism, Violent Extremism in Kenya
August 7th 1998. They did not win. They took away our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children and friends but they did not win. Today marks 20 years since the August 7th 1998 terrorist attack in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. 228 deaths, 5,000+ injured and millions...
by WEVYN MUGANDA | Jun 4, 2018 | Human Rights, Kenya, Online Radicalisation, Online Recruitment, Radicalisation, Violent Extremism, Violent Extremism in Kenya
I am a child of this earth. My responsibilities and loyalty are to this earth. My identity goes beyond geographical and political borders. I belong to “humanity’ before I belong to any political,religious or social class. This is what it means to be a...
by WEVYN MUGANDA | May 7, 2018 | Human Rights, Islamophobia, Kenya, Online Radicalisation, Online Recruitment, Radicalisation, Violent Extremism, Violent Extremism in Kenya
A few days ago, I travelled to Tanga for a meeting hosted by one of our partners. Never had I been to Tanzania before. I was so excited. In fact when I told one of my friends about it, she asked me to bring her lace wigs (Slay queen much?). Just in case you are...
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