The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association is an all-party caucus of women members of Kenya’s National Assembly. The association is changing the way Kenya’s legislature conducts its budget analysis. Their...
The biometric voter registration drive conducted in Kenya by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), was launched on the 19th of November 2012. The voter registration exercise ran for 30 days (including...
Unity in Diversity is the motto of Kenya’s Inter-Party Youth Forum (IPYF). The Forum is bringing together young Kenyans to engage them in the political process and constructive problem-solving in a multi-party setting.
As veteran politicians campaign for the elective positions, Laban Loyatum Kibor, a 24-year-old aspirant from Chepareria Ward of West Pokot County is also warming up for the same parliamentary seats during the Kenya’a...
“Women nurture leaders, but they are not given the chance to be leaders. The leadership position for women in Kenya’s rural communities is a requisite that has been long overdue for women,” said the Hon.
Improving Implementation of the National Budget“The Budget Office was created five years ago. We received support from USAID to create the legal framework and establish the Fiscal Management Act of 2009. We continue to...
Fredrick Mwangi Mbugua delivered a powerful address in honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the Joytown School for the Disabled in Thika. Mbugua speaks from personal experience, from resilience…and from...
Kiambiu is a slum in Nairobi. Kiambiu has a long history of violent conflict. A USAID program is working in Kiambiu to end the violence. The program is called Tuna Uwezo. Tuna Uwezo is Kiswahili for "We have the...
“Girls are important. Girls can bring change”, says Ralia Mohammed. This is her slogan for this year’s first ever International Day of the Girl Child (IDG). The United Nations General Assembly adopted a...
I first saw Lucy Rabera Omwando standing among a group of women who had gathered in support of the launch of Kenya Tuna Uwezo, a new USAID-funded project designed to reduce ethnically-and politically-motivated conflict...
