Close your eyes for a moment and imagine how your life would be if you were afraid to visit a public or private washroom outside your house 😟. That is the life of transgender people in Kenya. Thankfully, the final horn of the race for transgender dignity has been sounded!
On the evening of 5 March 2025, a 12-year-old girl we will call Amani found herself lost in the streets of Nairobi. Earlier that day, she had been removed from school by her uncle in Kitale and placed on a bus to Nairobi, all alone and without food.