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Kipchumba Murkomen, CS of Interior and National Government oversees gave PBOs in Kenya one more year to transition to the new PBO Act. Credit | Ministry of Roads

Adapt or Die: Kenya’s NGO Revolution Has a Deadline — and Most Are Still Asleep

April 29, 20260

The May 13 deadline is not a bureaucratic inconvenience. It is the moment Kenya's civil society separates the institutions built to last from the ones built to invoice. When that date passes, the government's collaboration language will mean something concrete for those who registered, restructured, and showed up — and absolutely nothing for those who did not.

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Job Opportunity at KCDF

April 28, 20260

Location: Nairobi, KenyaApplication Deadline: 8th May 2026 KCDF is seeking a qualified and experienced Senior Accountant to support financial management, […]

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We’re Hiring: Global Programs Connect Consultant

April 28, 20260

Organization: Equality FundLocation: Remote (Global)Duration: 2–3 monthsBudget: CAD 70,000Deadline: May 4, 2026 Role: Support coordination and delivery of global programs, […]

Irungu Houghton is the Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya. Credit | Amnesty International

Kenya’s Shrinking Freedoms: A Mirror of East Africa’s Deepening Crisis

April 24, 20260

What distinguishes Kenya, and East Africa more broadly, is the degree to which repression has become both institutionalised and, in some cases, exported. Kenya is not a military junta, nor a post-conflict state clinging to fragile authority. It has functioning courts, a vocal civil society, and a constitution widely praised at its 2010 drafting. That the state is nonetheless deploying anti-terror laws against protesters and directing autopsies to be contradicted by police press releases suggests something more troubling than a governance failure. It suggests a deliberate choice.