Kenya marked the UN’s International Day of Democracy on September 15, and this year’s global theme — “bring human rights into focus” — landed at a pointed moment for the country’s civil society. With the 2027 general election now inside an 18-month runway, a cluster of Kenyan NGOs and coalitions is already doing the unglamorous…
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