Kenya: Bouncers Stab Jane Kibira While Reporting on Police Raid on Shisha Bar 5 journalists were assaulted during the intervention

On January 5, 2024, at the Kettle House Bar and Grill in Nairobi, journalists accompanying police officers on a Shisha raid faced violent confrontations that resulted in severe injuries and equipment damage. During the operation, the journalists were met with aggression from the club's bouncers. Jane Kibira, a camera operator with Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), was stabbed in her back. She received medical care in a hospital and was later discharged. Reporter Boniface Bogita of Nation Media Group sustained two stab wounds to his ribs. Boniface Okendo, Francis Odee, and Jackson Kibet, journalists from the Standard Media Group, were assaulted, and their cameras were confiscated and destroyed. https://www.womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/kenya-bouncers-stab-jane-kibira-while-reporting-on-police-raid-on-shisha-bar