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December 8, 2025
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Karua warns of rising repression across East Africa

Karua warns of rising repression across East Africa

People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has raised alarm over what she describes as a growing pattern of repression and democratic backsliding across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda...

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People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has expressed alarm over increasing repression and democratic decline across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, citing state-sanctioned brutality and shrinking civil liberties.

  • Concerns raised about a coordinated trend of state-sanctioned brutality, cross-border abductions, and disregard for constitutional norms during an interview on Spice FM on Monday, December 8.
  • Karua cited alleged mass murder during Tanzania’s October 29 elections, police violence during Kenya's 2023 and 2024 protests resulting in deaths, and recurring violence in Uganda during opposition rallies.
  • She criticized Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu’s remarks urging countries to "mind their own business," viewing it as contrary to regional cooperation.

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