While in New York earlier this year, Clean Start Founder and CEO Teresa Njoroge met with Clean Start friend and partner Susan Burton. Ms. Burton is the founder of A New Way of Life, a non-profit organization based in California, USA, that provides housing and other...
Written by Audrey Masitsa Do you know from what age we incarcerate children in Kenya? 10? 8? No, conception. The practical reality is that we have children who are born in prison and who, until the age of four, are in prisons with their mothers. It’s a proven fact...
Written by Audrey Masitsa It’s a new dawn for children of incarcerated mothers as the Kenya Prisons Service recently launched the Policy on Care of Children of Incarcerated Mothers. The policy provides a framework for creating a conducive environment for the...
Written by Irungu Houghton Azimio la Umoja coalition’s decision to petition last week’s election places another checkpoint on the Kenya Kwanza road towards a hustler nation. Given both party alliances’ commitments to a clean start for a justice system that still...
Written by Mary Malemba, People Daily Emma Atieno was just going about her daily business when she abruptly found herself bundled inside a city askaris van. And before her mind could grasp that she had actually been arrested, she had to comprehend with news that she...
By Mercy Kahenda Children up to the age of four accompany their mothers to prison (Photo: The Standard) Nancy Chepkoech is serving a jail term at the Nakuru GK Women Prison alongside her three-year-old son Felix Kipkemoi. When Health & Science paid her a visit,...
