Esther Mwikali

Esther Mwikali was a Kenyan land rights activist.

Biography

Mwikali was a Kenyan land rights activist, who campaigned alongside civil society groups for the rights of people who were called squatters after businesses acquired the land they occupied.
Mwikali disappeared on 25 August 2019, which was noted when she failed to attend a village meeting. 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.