Written by Samuel Kasirye | February 2016
An analysis of the Ugandan presidential general election which was held on 18th February 2016. Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s incumbent president was announced winner of the much contested election. The analysis provides an overview about results and current situation and provides an assessment of the main influencing themes.
The Place of Indigenous Communities | Published by ILEPA, Kenya | December 2015
Due to the negative consequence of lack of participatory development within Indigenous Peoples’ territories, international human rights mechanism, including the United Nations system arising from agitation from IPs, have established the concept of Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC).
Toward Democratic Control of Electricity Generation | Written by Kylie Benton-Connell, Lara Skinner, Sean Sweeney and published by RLS office New York | June 2015
In the last years, “energy democracy” has become a part of the international trade union discourse on energy and climate change. A growing number of unions and regional bodies, like the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, are calling for democrati ... Know your rights, speak for your rights | Citizen participation in development discussion and practice | Published by ILEPA, Kenya | June 2015
The adoption of a new constitution in August 2010, has radically transformed the structure, organs and functions of government in Kenya in ways un-imagined before. Central in this transformation is the establishment of County governments. It’s hoped that the pamphlet will b ... Written by Yves Niyiragira, Executive Director of «fahamu», Kenya | February 2015
This short paper attempts to give a historical background to the birth of the current strong civil society in Kenya and briefly discusses the current threats and opportunities for the Kenyan civil society. It ends with an analysis that believes that the Kenyan civil society will continue being a strong player in the Kenyan society fo ... Facilitating Participatory Budgeting in Kenya: A User Manual | Published by FAHAMU | June 2014
FAHAMU has developed this manual during the implemention of the participatory budgeting project in Kenya. Participatory budgeting allows citizens to be involved at different levels of decision making on maters related to public interests. ... The dynamics of tribal politics in the Eastern African State | Written by Mildred Ngesa, Peace Pen Communications | October 2013
Written after the March 2013 Kenyan presidential and parliamentary elections, the following article by Mildred Ngesa, a Kenyan journalist and the director of Peace Pen Communications in Nairobi, analyses the framework and structures of politics in Kenya. ... Voices of Host Communities | Published by NAPE | July 2012
NAPE, under the Sustainability School Programme, set out to document the voices of host communities in areas where large developmental projects have been established by government with support from its international development partners. This publication, therefore aims at amplifying the voices of the local people being impacted on negatively by these deve ...Brochure: Decision-making in governance and development initiatives
Paper: Power to the people
Brochure: Realizing the fruit of devolution
Paper: Current challenges facing the civil society in Kenya
Manual: Facilitating Participatory Budgeting in Kenya
Paper: Kenya – Voting for our own
Study: The Ironies of Big Development Projects in Uganda
Election report: Uganda’s Presidential election 2016 – A foregone conclusion
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