Rael Ombuor

Rael Ombuor is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, Voice of America and NBC Out.

A court ruling granting LGBTIQ groups equal status has been condemned by the president and fiercely debated online

By Rael Ombuor

/ 9 Mar 2023

Violent death comes to LGBTIQ Kenyans too often, too early and in too many ways: hate crimes, suicide and domestic abuse.

By Rael Ombuor

/ 12 Jan 2023

Kenya’s election result falls far short of its own quota on women’s representation

By Rael Ombuor

/ 23 Aug 2022

A female driver was stripped and sexually assaulted by a mob of men. Now Kenyan women are calling out the gender-based violence they regularly face

By Rael Ombuor

/ 8 Mar 2022

As the 2012 murder of Agnes Wanjiru captures global attention, Kenyan sex workers renew calls for decriminalisation of their work

/ 9 Dec 2021

Six-month openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘degrading and discriminatory’ treatment at health centres in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

/ 2 Jul 2021