Governance

By Wahome Ngatia When Kenyan entrepreneur Chris Kirubi died in June 2021, tributes poured in for the billionaire industrialist who […]

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.

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

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

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.

The list spans a sobering breadth of violations: extrajudicial killings, torture, enforced disappearances and abductions, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), arbitrary evictions, loss of property, and loss of livelihoods.

Buckner Kenya stands as one of the continent's more quietly formidable NGOs, a two-time winner of the NGO Awards' Best in Education category, and a case study in what principled leadership can accomplish across a quarter century.

When Buckner Kenya marked its 25th anniversary in February, it had a story worth telling — not just of longevity, but of reinvention.

The night’s top honour—Human Rights Defender of the Year—went to Larry Madowo, whose reporting has persistently spotlighted governance failures, civic unrest and the lived realities of ordinary Africans.

By Wahome Ngatia There is a particular kind of silence that costs lives. Not the silence of ignorance, but the […]