Esther Mwikali

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Esther Mwikali (died August 2019) was a Kenyan land rights activist.

Biography

Mwikali was a Kenyan land rights activist, [1] who campaigned alongside civil society groups for the rights of people who were called squatters after businesses acquired the land they occupied. [2]

Mwikali disappeared on 25 August 2019, which was noted when she failed to attend a village meeting. [1] On 27 August 2019, Mwikali's body was found at a farm near her homestead in Mithini, Murang’a County, Kenya, displaying signs of torture. [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Esther Mwikali Wambua". Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Memorial. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Women's land rights activists' footprints: fighting erasure, defending communal land rights". Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Gikandi, Boniface. "Probe on after land activist is found dead". The Standard. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Esther Mwikali". Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Defending the defenders of land rights and ecosystems". The Star. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Onyango, Leonard (3 August 2020). "Kenya Among Countries Hostile to Environmentalists - Report". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
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