Former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich has landed a state job following the appointment made by the Public Service Commission. Rotich has been picked to serve as the Senior Advisor… Read More »Ex-CS Henry Rotich lands plum job in Ruto’s office
In Kenya, there has been a crisis of confidence since 2007 that elections do not reflect the will of the people. At the same time, civil society has become progressively… Read More »Talking Point: Civic Action in a Hostile World
AfriCOG: Civic Action in a Hostile World Synthesis Report on December 1st 2022 Forum What does the future of Kenyan civil society look like with democracy levels dramatically dropping? Different… Read More »Civic Action in a Hostile World – Panel Discussion by Brian Kagoro, Open Society Foundation.
In these reports, AfriCOG and KPTJ analyse developments throughout the electoral cycle, with a focus on pre-election preparedness, the administration of Election Day, results announcement processes, post-election dispute resolution, and… Read More »Disobeying Orders: The Scrutiny of Kenya’s Electoral Technology
Two rights groups now want the court to compel the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to open the register of voters for inspection before Tuesday polls. In a petition filed… Read More »Rights groups want IEBC ordered to open voter register (The Star – 4th August, 2022)
Sixty-four African organisations and individuals, working in various fields in addressing Africa’s development challenges, have welcomed the withdrawal of British politician Matt Hancock as a special envoy of the United… Read More »64 groups, individuals back UN’s withdrawal of Matt Hancook as UNECA special envoy – Graphic Online
At Sh2.7 billion per kilometre, the Nairobi Expressway is now Kenya’s most expensive road, raising concerns about its viability amid rising national debt. The expressway, which is being constructed through… Read More »The making of Kenya’s most expensive roads – The Standard
A three-judge bench of the High Court has quashed several gazette notices, nullifying the appointment of 128 appointed to various parastatals in 2018. This now deals a big blow to… Read More »Court nullifies parastatal appointments of senior figures in Uhuru’s administration – The Star
After 15 years, Charterhouse Bank has finally been wound up, going down in history as one of Kenya’s smallest but “dirtiest” banks. Before its closure in 2006 over money laundering… Read More »Charterhouse: The Making of Kenya’s little dirty bank – The Standard
A December 2020 report by the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) has shed light on how the Jubilee Government inflated road projects leading to embezzlement of taxpayers’ money. AfriCOG stated that… Read More »Report Reveals How Jubilee Govt Inflated Road Projects – Kenyans.co.ke
The Jubilee administration has spent trillions in development projects but they are not visible on the ground, a study by Africa Centre for Open Governance shows. According to the report,… Read More »Trillions spent, but where are the projects?
Foreword The Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) is pleased to present its latest report “Highway Robbery: “Budgeted Corruption” as State Capture. A case study of infrastructure spending under the… Read More »HIGHWAY ROBBERY: “Budgeted Corruption” as State Capture
President fails to address rising public debt of Ksh7.1 trillion Uhuru fails to outline measures to tackle corruption in the country Speech silent on austerity measures in depressed economy
This report has been prepared by the Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu (KYSY) electoral platform, which actively monitors the electoral process, engages key stakeholders, and facilitates dialogue amongst a broad array… Read More »Squandered Opportunities – The October 2017 Fresh Presidential Election
Two new sheriffs in town It has been a frantic period since 13 March 2018, when President Kenyatta appointed Noordin Haji of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), as the Director… Read More »State Capture – Inside Kenya’s Inability to Fight-Corruption
The Directorate of Governance and Ethics was established in January 2018 with the fundamental objective of ensuring the implementation of the values and principles of governance as enshrined in Article… Read More »Governance Plan: County Government of Wajir
BY KEN OPALA Elections, just like wars, are huge business. Unscrupulous individuals seize the confusion, disruptions and desperation during political determinations to make quick money. Sleaze circumvents order and corruption… Read More »The dark business of Election 2017
Two simultaneous happenings on the elections day are telling.First, in the deep of the night of August 8, hours after polling, IEBC started beaming “live” the presidential results. Unexpectedly, they… Read More »Commission yielded to hi-tech carpetbaggers
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission went flat out to award contracts to certain firms, against all legal and regulatory challenges, to the loss of the taxpayer. IEBC also bought… Read More »Impunity reigned at IEBC in tenders scam whose ‘theft was beyond the imaginable’
The Chebukati-Chiloba relationship was always mechanical. It exhibited a clear lack of trust among them to an extent even mundane internal issues were detailed in memos. Chebukati seemed convinced that… Read More »2017 poll: Tension between Chebukati and Chiloba made matters worse
This report has been prepared for the Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu (KYSY) electoral platform, which actively monitors the electoral process, engages key stakeholders, and facilitates dialogue amongst a broad array… Read More »The More Things Change : The August 2017 Election in Kenya
This report has been prepared by the Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu (KYSY) electoral platform, which actively monitors the electoral process, engages key stakeholders, and facilitates dialogue amongst a broad array… Read More »Unanswered Questions – Findings from the Scrutiny of the October 2017 Fresh Presidential Election
The 2017 election was designed more as a cash cow than a process to midwife the next crop of leaders. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) conduct from procurement… Read More »IEBC: Anatomy of a cash cow with serial abortions and indiscretions
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On August 29th, 2017, as part of the petition challenging the credibility of the presidential election, the Supreme Court of Kenya ordered the IEBC to allow scrutiny of its servers[See… Read More »2017 Election Petition – What You Need to Know about the ICT Experts Report
Status: Intimidated About the situation On 16 August 2017, Kenya Revenue Authority officials attempted to raid the African Centre for Open Governance’s offices. On 14 and 15 August 2017, the… Read More »Intimidation And Judicial Harassment Of The African Centre For Open Governance
Kenya’s NGO Coordination Board threatened to arrest George Kegoro, Executive Director of Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Gladwell Otieno, Executive Director of African Center for Open Governance (AfriCOG) and Maina… Read More »Kenya: Worrying crackdown on Kenyan defenders: George Kegoro, Gladwell Otieno and Maina Kiai
As the gateway to the ballot box, voter registration and the resulting Register of Voters is a highly sensitive and vital part of any electoral process. In Kenya, voter registration has long been the subject of serious, contentious debate. In 2013, there were a series of unresolved questions around the Register, including:
• What explained the increase in the number of registered voters (+12,509) between the publication of the provisional figures, after which registration was supposed to be closed, and the publication of the final figures?
• Why were there such stark differences in the changes that had been made in party strongholds (See Table 1)?
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As the gateway to the ballot box, voter registration and the resulting Register of Voters is a highly sensitive and vital part of any electoral process. In Kenya, voter registration… Read More »READY… OR NOT? The Register of Voters – Where We Are One Week Ahead of Election Day
Background The general election is due to be held in a month’s time. It is therefore of extreme concern that so many important processes and issues are still hanging in… Read More »READY… OR NOT? An Assessment of Kenya’s Preparedness for the 8 August 2017 General Election (April – June 2017) – A Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations
Executive Summary This second edition of the Ready or Not election preparedness report series, developed in partnership by the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) and Kenyans for Peace with… Read More »READY… OR NOT? An Assessment of Kenya’s Preparedness for the 8 August 2017 General Election (April – June 2017)
The Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) and Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ) are pleased to present the latest report in their “Ready or Not?” series, which… Read More »READY… OR NOT? An Assessment of Kenya’s Preparedness for the 8 August 2017 General Election
Despite the hope that marked the 2013 elections in Kenya, a wide range of irregularities,inconsistencies and errors during multiple phases of the electoral cycle left the country furtherdivided and without… Read More »An Assessment of Kenya’s Preparedness for the 8 August 2017 General Election – A Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations
In a brazen breach of diplomatic protocol, a top adviser to Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta threatened civil society activist Gladwell Otieno on the sidelines of the International Criminal Court gathering… Read More »Kenya: Top official threatens civil society activist at ICC
The Africa Centre for Open Governance in partnership with Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice commissioned Infotrak Research and Consulting to conduct a citizen perception survey on select independent… Read More »Citizen perception survey on elections
The Africa Centre for Open Governance in partnership with Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice commissioned Infotrak Research and Consulting to conduct a citizen perception survey on select independent… Read More »Citizen perception survey on constitutional implementation
The Africa Centre for Open Governance in partnership with Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice commissioned Infotrak Research and Consulting to conduct a citizen perception survey on select independent… Read More »Citizen perception survey on the direction of the country and corruption
Who sponsored the poll? This Poll was sponsored by Africog and conducted by Infotrak Research and Consulting When was the poll conducted? Between 3rd May- 9 th May 2018 How… Read More »STATE OF THE NATION POLL – MAY 2018
The Kenya Governance Report 2014 is the fourth in a series by the Africa Centre for Open Governance. Every year, AfriCOG reviews the events of the past year as they… Read More »Annual Governance Report, 2014
This content is drawn from Transparency International’s forthcoming Global Corruption Report: Sport. For more information on our Corruption in Sport Initiative, visit: www.transparency.org/sportintegrity
The management of the 2013 general elections demonstrated serious gaps in transparency and accountability, exemplified by the IEBC’s inability to authoritatively state which voters’ register was used during the elections,… Read More »Rethinking Electoral Management
The Kenya government loses about one third of the national budget to corruption, with 80 percent of all corruption cases before the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission being about procurement1. According to… Read More »Public Procurement in Kenya’s Counties
On March 4, 2013, Kenya held a landmark general election. It was the first national election since the promulgation of the internationally lauded constitution, which created a devolved system of… Read More »Voter Registration for the 2013 General Elections in Kenya
The development of a new constitution was meant to redress some of the underlying governance challenges facing the Kenyan state. The risk of not addressing these governance challenges was manifested… Read More »Taking Stock : Challenges and Prospects of Implementing the Constitution of Kenya, 2010
Foreword One of the key features of Kenya’s constitution that was promulgated in August 2010 is the provision for a devolved government. This provision should be seen against the backdrop… Read More »Delivering on Devolution? Evaluating County Budgets 2013-2014
Foreward As Kenya establishes the framework for exploitation of recent discoveries of large oil and gas deposits, the need for good governance in the sector becomes paramount. Related experience reveals… Read More »Mixed Blessing? Promoting Good Governance in Kenya’s Extractive Industries
In line with our mission to promote permanent civic vigilance on key governance issues, the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) is pleased to present the following report on pending… Read More »Not So Final? – Analysis of IEBC’s Report on March 2013 General Election
The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 provides, under Chapter 6, for leadership and integrity of all public officers. The Chapter is predicated upon the assumption that State officers1 are the nerve… Read More »Implementation of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010
The Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) is a non- profit organization that addresses the structural causes of corruption and poor governance in Kenya. AfriCOG envisions a country in which… Read More »Kenya Governance Report 2013
This latest report from AfriCOG examines the problem of presidential and senior state officer’s retirement benefits in Kenya, a topic which has been the subject of much heated discussion ever… Read More »Golden Handshakes – The Retirement Benefits of Senior State Officers in Kenya
The Constitution of 2010 provides for a devolved system of governance in which Kenya now has two distinct but interdependent levels of government – the national and county governments –… Read More »Did Counties Deliver? Evaluating County Budgets 2013-2014
The struggle for integrity has formed a major part of Kenya’s recent governance history. Over the decades, the Kenyan public has made its desire for a change in the quality… Read More »Integrity in Leadership? An assessment of Kenya’s performance in enforcing constitutional values
Article 6 of the Constitution provides for the devolution of services to 47 counties, and further provides that all State organs must, as far as is possible, ensure the accessibility… Read More »Pathways to Devolution – The Scope for Decentralising State Agencies
Summary The management of the 2013 general elections demonstrated serious gaps in transparency and accountability, exemplified by the IEBC’s inability to authoritatively state which voters’ register was used during the… Read More »Rethinking Electoral Management in Kenya – An Emerging Agenda for the 2017 Elections
On March 4, 2014 Kenya conducted a general election, which was historic for several reasons. It was the first general election since the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010;… Read More »AfriCOG-KPTJ Elections 2013 Compendium
On March 4, 2013 Kenya held a landmark general election. It was the first national election since the promulgation of the internationally lauded constitution, which created a devolved system of… Read More »Election Day 2013 and its Aftermath
INTRODUCTIONUfungamano Joint Forum of Religious Organisations (U–JFRO) originally known as Ufungamano Initiative includes the main religious organizations in Kenya. As a forum of religious organizations U-JFRO has been a key… Read More »Standard Gauge Railway – Facts & Implications
The Kenya Governance Report 2012 is the second in a new series by the Africa Centre for Open Governance. This report reviews events of the year 2012 as they relate… Read More »Kenya Governance Report – 2012
1. What is an opinion poll? An opinion poll is a survey carried out to measure views on a certain topic within a specific group of people. For example, the… Read More »10 Questions you might have on Opinion Polls
The poll was sponsored and conducted by Infotrak Research & Consulting between 24th May to 28th May, 2013 A sample of 2,343 respondents was interviewed to represent the Kenyan BVR… Read More »AfriCOG Infotrak Perception Poll May 2013
This report is a comprehensive review of Kenya’s Arid Lands Resources Management Project (ALRMP2). ALRMP2 was a community-based drought management project of the Kenya Government (GoK) that utilised a credit… Read More »Kenya’s Drought Cash Cow – Lessons from the Forensic Audit of The World Bank Arid Lands Resource Management Project
The Arid Lands Resource Management Project (ALRMP) was an extension of a World Bank funded project – the Emergency Drought Recovery Project (EDRP 1993-96) – that began in 1993. The… Read More »Kenya’s Drought Cash Cow – A Short Guide (Summary)
This Report examines the prospects for a complementary accountability process to deal with the post-election violence (PEV) that took place in Kenya following the disputed presidential election in December 2007.… Read More »Securing Justice – Establishing a domestic mechanism for the 2007/8 post-election violence in Kenya
