Oct 30, 2019 · With the murder of JM Kariuki in 1975, student activism rose a notch higher and Nyati House, after opening its doors in the early 80s, became the centrepiece of fear. Surveillance by Special Branch of university students when Josephat Karanja …

Dec 9, 2014 · Strategic Intelligence Service Nairobi Kenya The National Intelligence Agency Nyati house facility has been confirmed as one of the government building Al-Shabaab is targeting …

Oct 8, 2024 · Nyati House, located along Loita Street in Nairobi, holds a notorious reputation as the former headquarters of the Special Branch. This five-story building has a dark history. It is known for surveillance, abductions, and torture.

Jul 23, 2023 · Walking along Loita Street in Nairobi gives some Kenyans goosebumps. Nyati House, a five-storey building, is associated with torture during the regime of the late retired president Daniel arap Moi. Daily Nation reported that its upper floors remained without tenants for years and had no curtains.

May 5, 2012 · Unknown to many people who frequented Nyayo House, there was usually at least one Kenyan undergoing torture in the building’s underground chambers. Their horrors are now coming into the open through court cases and hearings of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC).

Aug 30, 2023 · In the heart of the Nairobi Central Business, stands the towering Nyayo House, a monumental building that has borne witness to the nation’s history. With its bold presence and imposing architecture, Nyayo House has long held a significant role in Kenya’s political, cultural, and social narrative.

Nov 2, 2020 · A stone’s throw away from Nyayo House stands Nyati House, which for the longest time was the headquarters of the Special Branch. The architecture is as uninspiring as the events it witnessed. It is a building enveloped in gloom and at …

During this time,he suffered police arrests, brutality and was among the victims tortured in Karura Forest, Nyati House and Nyayo house torture chambers for weeks.In 1990 he was arrested alongside others for treason accusations which were later downgraded to sedition.

Aug 17, 2017 · Nyayo House is one of a pair of buildings in downtown Nairobi indelibly marked by a legacy of torture, the other being Nyati House, a squat and architecturally uninspiring stack of gray concrete that once served as the headquarters of the dreaded Special Branch, a clandestine arm of the police force that was instrumental in arresting, detaining ...

Nyayo House. A story is told of a man who was being tortured on one of the top floors of Nyayo House by Moi era operatives who worked in the since-disbanded Special Branch.