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 | 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 | Oct 23, 2023
The Problem Kenya’s human rights trajectory has remained a concern, with authorities failing to ensure accountability for serious abuses. There is a big threat to civil liberties as enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and other international instruments. In...
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...