Machakos CSO Conference 2018 Report

The Civil Society Sector in Kenya is under tremendous pressure to perform amidst challenges posed by lack of funding, declining influence of the sector, poor enabling environment coupled with intimidation of some members of the sector by the state and political forces in the country. CSO players such as PEN and the Civil Society Reference Group (CSRG) have been grappling in the past 5 years with attempts to support devolvement of CSO engagements to counties.