TI Kenya Hosts Media Practitioners, Calls for Collaboration
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 discussions. Sheila Masinde, the Head […]
Opinion Piece: Are we Missing the Point on Fighting Graft at the County Level?
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 targeting the public and […]
Scaling Up: Action for Transparency Team Meets Education Stakeholders
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 A4T project has been […]
The National Integrity Alliance Launches the Red Card Campaign, Calls for Integrity
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 electoral integrity cannot be […]
TI Kenya Steers Support visits in West Pokot and Turkana
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 on successes from the second […]
TI-Kenya Conducts Monitoring Visits in Turkana County
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 visits purposed to hold […]
Reporting of Corruption Incidents Remains Low in East Africa
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 corruption complaints, 21% acknowledged being […]
Kagua Kiongozi Video Winners Awarded
Transparency International Kenya awarded the Kagua Kiongozi Video Competition Winners on Friday 14th July 2017 at Daystar University, Valley road. The video competition, which targeted university students, saw Reuben Omulo (St. Pauls University), Nicholas Ngure (Kenyatta University), Victor Ochieng (USIU Africa), Mutua Kisali (St. Pauls University) and Donald Magomere (Maseno University) receive prizes. John Henry […]
The Tech Revolution in the Development Sector
This year’s 9th international conference on the use of ICT for development(ICT4D) took place in the Indian city Hyderabad. The choice of the venue mirrors how ICT investments can lead to growth and development as it now serves as one of India’s great hubs of technology, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. It is also India’s’ fifth-largest […]
Police Service Survey Debated
Transparency International Kenya’s Executive Director Samuel Kimeu was on 31 March 2017 hosted by Ghetto Radio 89.5 team during the breakfast show popularly known as #BREKKO from 7:00am – 8:00am. The Executive Director discussed the findings and recommendations of the Kenya Police Service Satisfaction Survey and Needs Analysis Report, 2016. The report captures feedback received […]