20/11/2024 Budget facilitator and budget champions drown across Nakuru County hosted a county level budget cafรฉ forum in preparation for sector hearing for 2025/2026 financial year at the Citymax Hotel Nakuru. Rift Valley Budget hub exists to influence budget decisions as well as provide technical support and recommendations to counties especially during budget deliberations. The purpose...
20/11/2024 Key stakeholders in the North Rift regionโs athletics sector are today deliberating on the development of comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at preventing and responding to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in athletics training camps. CEDGG, in collaboration with UNFPA, has convened a gathering of key stakeholders from the...
15/11/2024. Visit by Mid Sweden University Social work students who are on a visit to Kenya for a practical research project. They visited CEDGG to understand its role in community development. It was interesting to learn that despite the varied context โthe base is the sameโ there is always the vulnerable and voiceless that need...
ย ย 08/11/2024. Baringo County: A once-neglected health facility, Kipcherere Dispensary, has undergone a remarkable transformation, thanks to a community led social audit initiative and the support of development partners. In 2020, this vital healthcare facility located in Saimo- Soi ward of Baringo North Subcounty was in a state of neglect. “It was a sorry sight,”...
File image of ongoing public participation By Brenda Holo Public participation is one of the foundational principles of democracy. Democracy is grounded on the idea that all citizens are equally entitled to have a say in decisions affecting their lives. Citizens’ participation in government decision-making is fundamental to the functioning of a democratic system of...
A Call for Genuine Public Participation in Governance Public participation is one of the foundational principles of democracy. Democracy is grounded on the idea that all citizens are equally entitled to have a say in decisions affecting their lives. Citizens’ participation in government decision-making is fundamental to the functioning of a democratic system of governance...
As the increased political participation of women benefits the society, the presence of young people in decision making positions benefits all citizens and not just the youth. While the youth and women often play central and catalysing roles in the realization for democracy, they are less engaged than men and older generations in political participation.
On 10th May, 2015, The Centre for Enhancing Democracy and Good Governance (hereinafter referred to as CEDGG) filed a constitutional Petition No. 16 of 2013 in the High Court at Nakuru, alleging that the CDF was unconstitutional and sought reliefs, inter alia, for striking down of the Act for being unconstitutional. The Nakuru Petition was...
โAccessing justice is a complex and cumbersome process, these are sentiments echoed by most people with legal concerns seeking to get legal assistance. Centre for Enhancing Democracy and Good Governance (CEDGG) through our program aims at promoting access to justice through provision of effective legal aid in Nakuru County under the PLEAD project to contribute...