by Jared Ombonya | Oct 3, 2024 | Blog, Events, News
Civil Society groups expressed deep disappointment with the government’s disregard for constitutional protections and oversight bodies, highlighting the continued erosion of civil liberties under the current regime. Government defiance of court orders by senior...
by Jared Ombonya | Jul 25, 2024 | Blog, Events, News
The Public Benefit Organizations Act, 2013 (the Act) came into force on 14th May 2024 (the Appointed Date) pursuant to Legal Notice No. 78 of 2024 (the Legal Notice). This marked the culmination of a lengthy process that began with the Act receiving presidential...
by Jared Ombonya | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog, News
The 1st Civil Society – Media Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 7th December 2023. It culminated in the adoption of the “Boulevard Resolutions”, a series of adopted resolutions on legal and administrative actions that negatively impact civic space, including...
by Jared Ombonya | Mar 12, 2024 | Blog, News
In a project that was rolled out 2years ago to strengthen the capacity of civil society organization and create an enabling environment for achievement of SDGs in Kenya, CSOs and community groups in the counties of Turkana, Kitui, Kwale and Kilifi attributes their...
by Jared Ombonya | Dec 10, 2023 | Blog, News
In a conference convened by PEN KENYA in collaboration with Civic Freedoms Forum (CFF), Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA), Members of the fourth estate among other civil society organizations to deliberate on the shrinking civic space in Kenya, mainly to...
by Jared Ombonya | Nov 18, 2023 | Blog, News
Kitui County Government has had difficulties in streamlining public participation in the county alleging the exorbitant budgetary allocation in the draft bill and other pressing county needs such as water, health which they have in turn channeled more funds towards...