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Exciting Opportunity for Aspiring Investigative and Data Journalists! A 3-month Grant and mentorship program will be offered for the 10 best journalists after the training. Transparency International Kenya (TI-Kenya) through the Action for Transparency(A4T) Project has partnered with USIU-Africa, to conduct training for journalists in Nairobi. The training aims to empower journalists

TI-Kenya has today joined Kenyans in mourning Bishop Cornelius Korir of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret. In the message shared through its official twitter handle @tikenya, TI-Kenya noted that Bishop Korir was instrumental in supporting its activities in the North Rift region. “We are saddened by the news of the passing on

Fifteen organisations including civil society, professional bodies and religious organisations under “Return to Reason”, have today 19th October 2017 called for dialogue in the current political deadlock. Speaking at a press conference in Nairobi, the organisations urged key political players to drop hardline positions for the interest of the nation. “Politics must

Transparency International Kenya hosted journalists, bloggers and media trainers on Tuesday 10th October, 2017 in Nairobi. The meeting aimed to discuss the role of media in political accountability. Victor Bwire from the Media Council of Kenya, William Janak from Kenya Correspondents Association and Sheila Masinde from TI Kenya led the

By Titus Ogalo Citizen led practical measures of realizing effective accountability and oversight at the county level remains one of the most superficially discussed, deliberated and documented aspect about Kenya’s devolution journey. Unless there is a radical shift in focusing on deliberating, developing and pin pointing practical measures, strategies and approaches

The Action for Transparency (A4T) project team held a meeting with education stakeholders to discuss the scale up of the project to the remaining 8 sub-counties with a target of about 52 public primary schools. The session took place on 28th June 2017 at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development. The

When citizens go to the polls and cast their votes, they aspire not only to elect their leaders, but to choose a direction for their nation. Elections are therefore of utmost importance in any democratic country as citizens have an opportunity to exercise their right to choose representatives. The challenges of

TI Kenya conducted support visits in West Pokot and Turkana Counties from 30th  May 2017 to the 8th of June 2017. The exercise was led by Sharon Mwangi from TI Kenya supported by social accountability officers from SIKOM and SAPCONE. The purpose of the visit in West Pokot was to pick

TI-Kenya conducted a monitoring/donor visit in Turkana County from Tuesday, 26th to Friday, 29th September 2017. This activity was in the framework of the Uwajibikaji Pamoja project geared towards enhancing the integrity of humanitarian operations in ASAL areas. The specific target locations were (Komudei, Lopacho, Namon, Lokore, Jerusalem and Songot. The

Many East Africans do not report bribery incidents they encounter. According to the East Africa Bribery Index 2017 launched on 31st August 2017 in Kampala, Uganda, only 10% of respondents reported the incidents of bribery they encountered to any authority. While majority attributed this to lack of action taken to resolve