Gabrielle Lynch

Boys in Blue: A Growing Case for Police Reform

The anger fostered by the response of the police to protests in 2017 has not been addressed by the “handshake”. There is a growing sense amongst...

An Injustice in Kenya’s History: The TJRC Report Six Years On

Six years later, writes GABRIELLE LYNCH, little progress has been made on Kenya’s Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) despite on the gross injustices and abuses...

TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: Impunity, Project Kenya and Burying the TJRC Report

More than five years after it was handed over to President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission’s final report remains buried in the engineered...

The Rasputins of the new autocracy

For strongmen seeking office, the facade of competitive elections provides an important reputational asset. For the others facing real competition, procuring the services of Western spin...