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Governance

Bridging the gap between citizens and government by championing transparency, integrity, and the rule of law.

What We Do

Human Rights

Empowering communities to claim their rights, foster inclusion, and challenge the injustices that stand in the way of dignity and freedom

What We Do

Climate Change

Empowering communities to confront the climate crisis, protect vital ecosystems, and secure a just and sustainable future for all.

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Ustawi Blogs

By Alfred Asande

In rural Kenya, a silent revolution has been happening for decades. Every week, thousands of women gather under the shade of a tree or in village halls to pool their savings. These groups, locally called Chamas, are the heartbeat of the local economy, especially for women who are marginalized from other income generation activities. But for many survivors of Gender-Based Violence (...

By Alfred Asande

The latest reports on how Kenya manages its money raise a simple but haunting question: Who actually owns our national debt? For too long, the answer has been buried in confusing technical language and ceremonies in Parliament.

Recent findings from the NDI's report, "The Role of Parliament in Public Debt Oversight in Kenya," and their 2025 analysis, "Kenya’s Public Debt Crisis: A Po...

By Alfred Asande

We often hear that numbers don’t lie, but in Kenya’s fiscal landscape, numbers often hide the truth. They hide the woman in a rural village in Kisii who cannot access a "Chama" because the meeting is held in a place her wheelchair can’t reach. They hide the survivor of violence who remains silent because she has no financial "exit plan."

When we look at the data—or the lack thereof—...

By Alfred Asande

In every village and street corner in Kisii, there is a "Chama"—a small circle of women sitting together, counting coins, and recording contributions in a well-worn notebook. These table-banking groups are the heartbeat of our local economy, yet they are often invisible to the world of formal finance. When a woman needs a loan to expand her small business, a bank doesn't ask to see...

How we work

At Ustawi Kenya, we work with, not for. By placing women, youth, and persons with disabilities at the forefront, we fuse community knowledge with technological innovation to build power, design solutions, and drive systemic accountability.

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The Ustawi STORY

Lived Experience. Professional Excellence. Systemic Change.

Governance: Bridging the Accountability Gap

We are dismantling systemic corruption by championing transparency, integrity, and the rule of law. We don’t just advocate for better policies; we bridge the gap between legal frameworks and local reality through evidence-led oversight. By equipping communities to demand accountability, we turn governance into a lived experience, ensuring public resources serve the people, not the powerful.

Human Rights: Inclusion by Design

We empower communities to claim their rights by placing women, youth, and persons with disabilities at the center of the struggle. Through radical inclusion and legal empowerment, we challenge the injustices that obstruct dignity. We don’t just offer a seat; we hand over the blueprints, turning the fight for justice into a resilient, community-led movement for freedom.

Climate Action: Waste-to-Value Innovation

We are confronting the climate crisis by fusing local knowledge with social innovation. Through our "Mazingira Yetu" model, we transform hazardous waste into economic engines while protecting vital ecosystems. By empowering the most affected to lead environmental restoration and policy advocacy, we secure a just, sustainable future where community resilience is the standard, not the exception.

Inclusion by Design

We move beyond symbolic participation to ensure women, youth, and persons with disabilities are the lead architects of their own advocacy. By centering those most affected at the top of the design process, we create resilient solutions that reflect lived realities. We don’t just offer a seat at the table; we hand over the blueprints.

Evidence for Action

We treat data as a survival tool for accountability. By fusing community-led insights with academic and legal rigor, we turn "invisible" local truths into undeniable evidence for policy change. We believe that when the frontlines hold the data, they hold the power to demand the dignity they deserve and ensure that every constitutional promise is realized.

Social Innovation

As a civic-innovation powerhouse, we build the infrastructure for a modern Social Contract. We bridge the gap between grassroots mobilization and digital tools to dismantle systemic barriers. Whether through waste-to-value circular economies or integrated justice ecosystems, we design scalable, community-owned models that turn the distance between law-makers and citizens into a space for shared, sustainable prosperity.

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Our Partners: The "With, Not For" Collective

We don’t believe in top-down delivery; we believe in architectural partnership. By bridging the gap between communities, grassroots organizations, and County Governments, we co-create the infrastructure for lasting change. We are not only a service provider; but also a strategic ally. To us, partnership means moving beyond the checklist to ensure those on the frontline lead the way.

The Partner Profiles

  • Frontline Communities: Our primary partners and lead architects. We rely on their lived reality to design every intervention, from climate upcycling to legal clinics.
  • Grassroots Organizations: We collaborate with local movements and CBOs, such as the Kisii Innovation Lab, to fuse local agility with technical innovation.

  • Government Institutions: We broker a new Social Contract by working with County Governments (like Nyamira and Nairobi) and National Authorities (like NEMA) to turn policy into protection.

  • Technical & Legal Allies: We strengthen our "Evidence for Action" through high-impact partnerships with institutions like FIDA-Kenya.
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Partners

Why?

Why?

From global foundations to local grassroots movements, visionaries partner with us to bridge the gap between policy and people. We provide the tools, the data, and the community trust—you provide the scale. Together, we turn universal rights into local realities. Join the contract.

How to Partner

How to Partner

Ready to bridge the gap? Join the Ustawi Social Contract as a strategic partner today.

Ustawi News

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NAIROBI, KENYA – Ustawi Kenya is proud to announce the launch of a transformative new initiative: Project Tumaini. With strategic support from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) an...

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NAIROBI, KENYA – Ustawi Kenya is proud to announce a strategic partnership with We World to implement the Mazingira Yetu (Our Environment) project. This initiative represents a co...

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NYAMIRA County, KENYA – Ustawi Kenya is proud to highlight the continued success of our 2025 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) intervention in Gachuba Ward, supported by the Internation...
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Inclusion by Design

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