An abridged version of this article was published in the The Star Newspaper, 22-07-15 The establishment of a Taskforce to review the...

By Irungu Houghton[1] As the issue of shrinking CSO space inevitably will come up again during the US Kenya talks this week, it is worth...

Session Purpose: By the end of the session, we will have; 1)   Reflected on the examples of leadership provided by Professor Wangari...

On March 2, the prize committee of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation awarded the 2015 Mo Ibrahim Leadership Award to former Namibian President...

Some thoughts on place-based organizing in Kilimani, Kenya By Irũngũ Houghton, Chairperson, Kilimani Project Foundation[1] Assets,...

“We said that Kenyans had enacted the best and most progressive Constitution in the world. The struggle for this Constitution was by the...

“When the spider webs unite, they can tie a lion” African Proverb My mobile rang incessantly the morning after Mwai Kibaki was sworn in....

In November, reporter Mark Namswa of Nairobi’s UP Magazine interviewed me for their special issue on community policing. Below is the...

Revised and updated presentation to the “Strengthening deliberative and legislative Processes”, Kenyan National Assembly and Senate...

After a year of consultations, the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda have delivered their...

In the next two weeks, we shall pause  to reflect on what we have gained from fifty years of the Organisation of African Unity/Africa...

Over the last few months, South African president Jacob Zuma has made trips to Chad, Algeria, Kenya and Nigeria, South Africa has hosted...