This simple and easy to understand brief is targeted at the general Kenyan population. It highlights the problematic situations that underscore the need to have the public participate in affairs… Read More »A Quick Guide to Public Participation and Parliamentary Oversight Under the New Constitution
Corruption in the private sector is widespread and costs the economy greatly while undermining efforts to reduce the poverty rates in the country. In order for small and medium enterprises… Read More »Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya and Corruption
AfriCOG’s work in the area of devolution is aimed at strengthening good governance in Kenya with objective, high-quality research and advocacy; and generating useable information for building Kenyans’ capacity to… Read More »Devolution – Educating the Public: Addressing the gaps
INTRODUCTION [1] On the 4th of March, 2013, Kenya held its first General Election since the promulgation of the new Constitution on 27th August 2010. The Constitution was a culmination… Read More »JUDGMENT : THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 4TH MARCH, 2013
1. There are many, many more Forms 34 missing than what was reported by the judiciary. Judiciary said forms missing from 10 voting zones, but our interim report shows 15… Read More »AfriCOG Points on the Election Petition
1. The objective of the Petition was to ensure compliance with the Constitution of Kenya 2010 election laws, regulations. These laws and regulations flow from the Constitution. 2. The constitution… Read More »Petition Number 4 by AfriCOG – Consolidated by the Supreme Court
How is this electoral petition different from other electoral petitions?Other petitions have a political party interest and seek to challenge the electoral outcomes. Our petition seeks to demonstrate that constitutional… Read More »AfriCOG Question and Answer about the Electoral Petition
REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI PETITION NO. 4 OF 2013 IN THE MATTER OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA AND IN THE MATTER OF THE… Read More »Civil Society Election Petition
AfriCOG commissioned this post-election survey as part of its work on the 2013 general elections, the first general elections under the new constitution. Due to the prolonged nature of the… Read More »Post–election Public Opinion Poll (March 5 – 6, 2013)
The poll was sponsored by AfriCOG and conducted by Infotrak Research & Consulting between 24th to 26th February, 2013. A sample of 3245 respondents was interviewed to represent the Kenyan… Read More »AfriCOG Pre –election Public Poll February 26th 2013
The survey was conducted and sponsored by Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) between 12th and 19th May, 2012 A sample of 2400 respondents was interviewed to represent the Kenyan… Read More »AfriCOG’s survey report on devolution
The KENYA Governance Report 2011 is the first report in a new series by AfriCOG. The report discusses governance, leadership, integrity and accountability in several sectors in Kenya, including the… Read More »The KENYA Governance Report 2011
Public Participation Under Kenya’s New Public Financial Management Law and Beyond is a joint policy brief by a broad range of civil society organizations, that reflects their concerns about the… Read More »Public Participation Under Kenya’s New Public Financial Management Law and Beyond
“Parliamentary oversight committees need to be strengthened in order to become an effective watchdog ensuring good governance for the improved welfare of Kenyans. The impact of the new constitutional provisions… Read More »Public Participation and Parliamentary Oversight – Legal Reforms and Policy Options
The threat posed by organized crime is not confined to serious crimes such as racketeering, the global drug trade, or human trafficking. For many developing countries and fragile states, powerful… Read More »Termites at Work: Transnational Organized Crime and State Erosion in Kenya
Amos Sitswila Wako served as the Attorney General of Kenya (AG) from May 1991 to August 2011. At first he was seen as offering a welcome change from his bumbling… Read More »Poisoned Legacy – Assessing Amos Wako’s Perfomance
Smouldering Evidence, AfriCOG’s latest report, examines the Charterhouse Bank Scandal which has received much attention in the media recently and dates back several years.
AFRICOG, the African Centre for Open Government, in Nairobi has released “Deliberate Loopholes” an extensive report on the the privitization/divestiture of Telkom Kenya and Safaricom. Just as the Safaricom deal went… Read More »Key New Report from AFRICOG on Kenyan Privatization Ahead of 2012 Election
In this report, AfriCOG documents the privatisation/divestiture of Telkom and Safaricom. “Deliberate Loopholes” describes some of the lapses that occurred in the privatisation of Telkom Kenya and Safaricom
“All that Glitters? An Appraisal of the Goldenberg Report” is part of AfriCOG’s contribution to the struggle against impunity and for accountability in Kenya. In the current climate, as sections… Read More »ALL THAT GLITTERS? An Appraisal of the Goldenberg Report
Until mid 2009, the Eastern African Seaboard, including Kenya, did not have submarine fibre optic connectivity and therefore depended largely on expensive, satellite-based communications for international connectivity. Affordable connectivity enhances… Read More »Unlimited Bandwidth? Governance and submarine fiber-optic cable intiatives in Kenya
Sports is widely recognised as a sector with immense economic value. Over and above the economic potential are the socio-political benefits of sports for reconciliation and as a carrier for… Read More »Foul Play, The crisis of football management in Kenya
The ability of an empowered CMA to carry out its supervisory and enforcement mandate effectively fosters public confidence in the securities industry. An effective regulator acts in the interest of… Read More »Review of Securities Regulation – AfriCOG’s comments on the draft Capital Markets Authority Regulations
The series of events leading up to the so called “maize scam” began in late 2008. At the time,the country was experiencing a severe maize shortage due to low yields… Read More »The Maize Scandal
Kenya achieved a low score of 2.2 on the TI Corruption Perception Index (CPI) conducted in 2009.The CPI Ranks Kenya at 36 compared to Uganda’s CPI score of 27 and… Read More »Five Years On – How effective is the KACC in the fight against corruption
Kenya’s politics has hinged on negative ethnicity since the early years of independence. It is clear that ethnic blocks have been mobilized very effectively for political expediency over the years,… Read More »Empowering the youth to tackle negative ethnicity
In the wake of the fuel shortage witnessed in 2008 and following complaints by oil marketers and financiers, the management of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) ordered an internal audit of… Read More »Analysis of the Triton Oil Scandal
Nearly five years after the release of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Illegal/Irregular Allocation of Public Land (the Ndung’u Commission), in December 2004, its recommendations remain… Read More »Mission Impossible? Implementing the Ndung’u Report
The December 2007 elections brought into question Kenya’s electoral process and the role and performance of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). One year later, after post-election violence that left… Read More »Free for all? Misuse of Public Funds at the Electoral Commission of Kenya
In transitioning democracies such as Kenya’s, the problem appears particularly nettlesome given weak institutions, a lack of independence and transparency on the part of electoral commissions, and the inability of… Read More »Report on Electoral Anomalies – Submitted to Kriegler Commision
The Fiscal Management Act was enacted by Parliament as a private bill. The Act is awaiting Presidential assent pending revisions proposed by the President. This paper discusses the contents of… Read More »Analysis of the Fiscal Management Bill, 2008
Shattered Dreams – An Audit of Kibaki Government’s Anti-corruption Drive 2003-2007
Although the Goldenberg Commission of Inquiry completed its report in October 2005, it did not present it to the President until February 2006
The election results released by ECK show inordinately large variances between parliamentary and presidential ballots. The extent of these irregularities can be discerned by comparing with the 2002 general elections.
Commissions of Inquiry have been a favored tool of both the Moi and the Kibaki Government. However, a cursory survey of the results of commissions of inquiry since the 1980s… Read More »A study of Commissions of Inquiries in Kenya
Voters cite corruption, unemployment, poverty and food insecurity as issues most concerning to them.