by Jared Ombonya | Nov 12, 2023 | Blog, News
Since independence, there has never been a regulatory framework for the Community-Based Organizations and other Community Groups such as self-help groups in Kenya. Community Groups remained a creation of the Executive Arm of Government under the Department of Gender...
by Jared Ombonya | Mar 25, 2023
This project is supported by the Kenya Community Development Foundation. The project, “Enhancing Civic Space to Enable Voices of Civil Society Actors” aims to empower civil society actors with voice and agency in governance and development through strengthened...
by Judith Gondi | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog, News
PEN in collaboration with her national level partners, Civic Freedoms Forum (CFF) and Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), in June and September held awareness creation forums on Civic and Democratic Spaces in Kenya. These meetings targeted Kisumu, Mombasa, Makueni,...
by Judith Gondi | Mar 1, 2022
The Problem Despite the civic space in Kenya being hailed as one of the most vibrant in East and Southern Africa, the space is still classified as obstructed by the Civicus Monitor. This means that Civic space is heavily contested by power holders, who impose a...
by mfc_admin | Aug 19, 2021