Joseph Njuguna
Joseph Njuguna is a member and former Programme Director of Bunge la Mwananchi, a social movement organised to unify and strengthen grassroots human rights work. It works on issues of social justice advocacy, social accountability, community mobilization, human rights monitoring, documentation and protection throughout Kenya. Recently, Bunge la Mwananchi began monitoring allegations of corruption at a governmental level, particularly in relation to the NYS, which has been the subject of several corruption investigations.
While Kenya maintains the appearance of a country where the public space is open, specific categories of human rights defenders encounter a wide range of risks as a result of their work. These include human rights defenders and journalists working on highly sensitive corruption issues, those who document or contribute testimony on past violence (including the 2007/2008 post election violence and frequent extra-judicial killings by the police) as well as those using peaceful demonstrations as an advocacy tool.
