Governance and Political Inclusion
The Open Governance Institute, on behalf of the Coalition of Participatory Governance, will host the webinar to present an assessment report that looks at the audit performance of 11 select county governments (Executive & Assembly).
Following the National and regional summits/consultation in a bid to develop the Kenya Youth Manifesto 2022, International Republican Institute, The Youth Café, Voluntary Service Overseas and partners sought passionate, experienced, and motivated experts to be part of a Technical Working Group (TWG), to support the drafting and the writing process of the Kenya Youth Manifesto 2022. The Manifesto Technical Working Group will kick off its activities from the 21st to the 23rd of March through a workshop in Nairobi. This will set the ball rolling for the manifesto development, drafting, writing, and synthesizing data gathered from the National Youth Summit, regional youth summits, and other secondary materials.
The Youth Café in partnership with Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), US Embassy intends to invite 20 young men and women to the event that will be held on Tuesday, 7th December 2021 at The Youth Café Office, S1, Kitisuru Gardens from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm. The objective of this event is to build the power of young men and women to impact change in the digital world, fight against corruption and closing civic space.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is holding a meeting with representatives of Youth-led and Youth-serving Organizations across the country in Nairobi. The meeting will discuss areas of collaboration and institutional commitments to support voter registration and planned activities for the 2022 General Election.
The youth Café is conducting a project aimed at engaging the youth against corruption and the closing civic space in Kenya. As part of the activities in this project, a photo and video competition was created where contestants between the ages of 18 and 35 were expected to represent their scenarios of corruption through the photo and video mediums. We will be recognizing the efforts of all the young people who took the time to showcase their efforts in the fight against corruption and award the best 3 submissions.
How is Africa responding to the threat of Covid-19? Is it realistic for African countries to go on lockdown – or is social distancing an impossible ask? What has been learnt from the responses to past epidemics, particularly Ebola, and what can Africa teach the world through its experiences of public health emergencies? And what are opportunities for all of us, Africans and Europeans, in comparing and combining our approaches to Covid-19?
