NEWS & ANALYSIS

Fahamu's Board Chair visits Nairobi Social Movements

Various social justice struggles exist in Kenya, these range from youth unemployment, inaccessibility to basic necessities, lack of youth participation in decision-making, lack of access to legal aid for the marginalized  and forced evictions among a broad cluster of  challenges Kenyan communities are forced to cope with. For the majority who  live in pockets of poverty, the struggles are even worse.

The Makueni and Kwale Counties Simplified Citizens’ Budgets for the Financial Year 2015/2016 are now ready!

In the budget process, county governments in Kenya produce voluminous documents for consumption targeting various stakeholders. More often than not, the common citizen gets lost as too much focus is shifted to the power brokers and those considered wielding state influence. The need for a citizen’s budget at the county level is critical as the opinion shapers are the citizens.

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