Journalists Trained on Climate Governance Reporting
Transparency International Kenya organised a 2-day training workshop on communicating climate change and climate governance for journalists. The training, which targeted journalists from both mainstream and community media, aimed at enhancing the capacity of journalists and communicators on reporting climate change, climate governance and corruption issues was held on 25th and 26th July 2018 in […]
TI-Kenya Supports Good Governance Reporting
By Kevin Mabonga Transparency International Kenya supported the Good Governance Reporting Award during the 2018 Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA) held on 3rd August 2018 in Nairobi. John Kamau of the Daily Nation won the Print Category while Wellingtone Nyongesa of Radio Maisha bagged the Radio category. The TV Category went to NTV’s Andrew Ochieng. […]
TI-Kenya Concerned About the Enforcement of Chapter Six
Transparency International Kenya is concerned about the commitment of the President and Parliament to the enforcement of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya. In a statement released on 23rd July 2018, TI-Kenya faults the the President for nominating Dr. Ben Chumo as Chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission considering his integrity was put to […]
Reforming Relief Distribution in Kongelai, West Pokot
Residents of Kongelai location in West Pokot had for many years silently suffered as a result of ineffective and unclear food aid distribution systems. Kongelai being a semi-arid region is regularly faced with food shortages and water scarcity that exposes most of the community members to drought and famine. This condition led to the distribution […]
Public Forum in Shaantaabak, Wajir County Bears Fruit
The County Government of Wajir had been undertaking a water tracking project in Shaantaabak location for three years but this stopped abruptly in November 2014 due to lack of financial resources. In August 2015, a joint field outreach visit by the Wajir South Development Agency and the Uwajibikaji Pamoja convener was conducted in Shantaabak location […]
‘Uwajibikaji Pamoja’ Facilitates Cash Transfers for the Elderly in Mnagei
The National Government has been implementing the Cash Transfer Fund for the elderly in a number of Counties, West Pokot County included. The elderly people are recruited into the programme after a given period of time. The county administration leaders are charged with the responsibility of recruiting these elderly people whenever there are more slots […]
Uwajibikaji Pamoja Comes to Widower’s Rescue
Job* Enkai, 65-year-old widower and a father of 7 (3 boys and 4 girls) has been a beneficiary of a cash transfer programme implemented by Oxfam and funded by ECHO in Turkana. Job was recruited into the programme through a process that is community based and facilitated by Oxfam staff and the community’s administrative leaders; […]
Sensitisation by TI-Kenya Lands Qanjara a Dispensary
Qanjara location is in Wajir West Sub-County and a home to local a community that has pastoral background. Inhabitants of this location have dropped their indigenous nomadic lifestyle due to recurrent drought caused by climate change which has continuously led to loss of livestock. Majority of the members of the local community are illiterate. Together […]
Social Accountability Initiative Impacts Kongelai Residents
For a long time, West Pokot county residents would attend meetings and rallies convened by political leaders to listen to them in anticipation of some token thereafter. They would arrive in numbers, sing on arrival of the leaders and sit awaiting the speech and token. Unfortunately, this is a common practice in most locations in […]
ALAC Helps Resolve 20 year Pension Case
In his prime, Kassim* was a budding technician working for one of the biggest state corporations. Due to an illness that left him with walking difficulties, he was forced into early retirement over 20 years ago. He retired and went to a sleepy village in Vanga, Kwale County near the border of Kenya and Tanzania. […]