Reports

A Quick Guide to Public Participation and Parliamentary Oversight Under the New Constitution

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 of Parliament and Parliamentary Committees. It sets out the factors that hamper public participation in the work of Parliament and Parliamentary committees and clearly sets out ways in which the public can participate in the work of Parliament and the different kinds of parliamentary committees.

Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya and Corruption

Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya and Corruption

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 to grow, they need to put their incomes into business related transactions and not those that aren’t such as corruption.

Devolution - Educating the Public: Addressing the gaps

Devolution - Educating the Public: Addressing the gaps

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 be vigilant and monitor progress on governance and governance reform processes in Kenya.

The KENYA Governance Report 2011

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 Judiciary and security sector. It focuses on the developments that have taken root, in terms of reforms following the promulgation of the constitution and also highlights some of the more significant setbacks in the fight against corruption and impunity that were observed during the year.

Public Participation and Parliamentary Oversight - Legal Reforms and Policy Options

Public Participation and Parliamentary Oversight Legal Reforms and Policy Option

"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 on parliamentary oversight committees is inadequately understood and existing systemic problems have a negative effect on how these committees can effectively discharge their oversight mandates. One of these systemic problems is the lack of public participation in the work of the said committees.

Poisoned Legacy - Assessing Amos Wako's Perfomance

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 predecessor, Matthew Muli, who had led the Kenyan government in the enactment of an amendment that removed the security of tenure of all constitutional offices, including his own.

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Smouldering Evidence - The Charterhouse Bank Scandal

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.

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Deliberate Loopholes

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

“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 of government gear up a campaign to escape accountability for post-election violence, it is instructive that no one has ever been penalised for the mind-boggling series of massive fraud and theft of public funds described in the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Goldenberg Scandal.

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AfriCOG Investigative Journalism Fellowship Report on Media Corruption

This investigation was carried out under a competitive fellowship awarded to Otsieno Namwaya by Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG), a civil society organization dedicated to addressing the structural and institutional causes of corruption and bad governance in Kenya.

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