The Civil Society Reference Group Kenya

Presser on the killing of 2 people during Saba Saba Demonstrations on 7 July 2023. We call for the arrest & prosecution of the police officers responsible #StopPoliceKillings @cidioti @JaffarKadudu @FundHumanRights @PeasantsLeague @globaltfokus @Cspen_KE youtu.be/ipB38HfnnZc

Civil App No. E004 of 2025 filed by the KPL at the Court of Appeal whose judgement is on 24 April is the only case that stands btwn Kenya adopting GMOs en masse or having a participatory process involving all Kenyans. We are vigilant #GMOJudgementApr26 #KeepTheBan @via_campesina

@KPLFoodCoop @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @via_campesina @cidioti @GRAIN_org @GMWatch @ECVC1 @GMOFreeUSA @CSRGKenya @KangemiMovement @LVCSEAf @KPL_Women @ESAFFUG We are not relenting. Vivaaa Rabolo Food Coop Market

@KPLFoodCoop @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @GMWatch @GRAIN_org @ECVC1 @via_campesina @cidioti @CSRGKenya @ESAFFUG @GMOFreeUSA @KangemiMovement @LVCSEAf @Owiti1Susan @KPL_Women @MVIWATA @FundAgroecology Vivaaa Ligega Food Coop. It's all systems go. We must continue saving our Indigenous Seeds and Foods @WarOnWant @kamene690721 @kasitilikhanga2 @CourtHelicopter @GMOFreeUSA

Our Rabolo Food Coop Chant Against GMOs after their weekly Market in prep for the judgement on whether the High Court Erred in ruling our matter Res-Judicata scheduled on 24 April 2026 #KeepTheBan #Art19UNDROP #GMOJudgement24Apr @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @via_campesina @cidioti

Ligega Food Coop Mobilizing & Organizing in prep for the judgement on whether the High Court Erred in ruling our matter Res-Judicata scheduled on 24 April 2026 #KeepTheBan #Art19UNDROP #GMOJudgement24Apr @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @GMWatch @Grain_org @ECVC1 @via_campesina @cidioti

@KPLFoodCoop @PeasantsLeague @via_campesina @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @FundAgroecology @GMWatch @GRAIN_org @LVCSEAf @ECVC1 @cidioti @CSRGKenya @KPL_Women @KangemiMovement Please keep us in the loop.

@GMOFreeUSA @KPLFoodCoop @via_campesina @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @FundAgroecology @GMWatch @GRAIN_org @LVCSEAf @ECVC1 @cidioti @CSRGKenya @KPL_Women @KangemiMovement Sure we will and thanks for the solidarity

@PeasantsLeague @KPLFoodCoop @via_campesina @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @FundAgroecology @GMWatch @GRAIN_org @LVCSEAf @ECVC1 @cidioti @KPL_Women We are in solidarity and we dedicate our Local Citizen Assemblies for this month to mobilise Members of the Citizen Assemblies against GMOs #KeepTheBan #GMOJudgement24Apr

Judgement on whether the High Court Erred by declaring our matter on GMOs Res-Judicata is on 24 April 2026. We plan several events across our @KPLFoodCoop Markets, Clusters, Agroecology Schools & Allies. Countdown Begins #GMOJudgement24Apr #KeepTheBan #Art19UNDROP @via_campesina

@PeasantsLeague @via_campesina @arendeoriri @Beyond_GM @FundAgroecology @GMWatch @GRAIN_org @LVCSEAf @ECVC1 @cidioti @CSRGKenya @KPL_Women All our markets will have sessions to organise the community against GMOs. @KangemiMovement

Food Coop School at Nyamagagana Food Coop Market. It involves Formation on establishment of alternative markets that link smallholder food producers and consumers to transform the local food systems @PeasantsLeague @FundAgroecology @CSRGKenya @KangemiMovement @via_campesina

Ligega Food Coop Market Ongoing @FundAgroecology @PeasantsLeague @CSRGKenya @cidioti @KangemiMovement @LVCSEAf @via_campesina @

When we talk about #AgrarianReforms it is important that women have control and ownership of land #Icarrd20 #AgarianReforms #WomensLandsRightsNow @PeasantsLeague @LVCSEAf @1000currents @HakiNawiri @MildredMunubi @via_campesina @Owiti1Susan @cidioti @CSRGKenya

Apuoyo Women articulation one of our women's Articulation commemorated the international women's working day by reflecting on the Peasants and Popular feminism school topics and how far it has helped capacity built them and the women in the community #WomenPeasantsAreWomen

“𝐅a𝐫m𝐞r𝐬 𝐚r𝐞 𝐛e𝐜o𝐦i𝐧g d𝐚t𝐚 𝐬o𝐮r𝐜e𝐬, n𝐨t d𝐞c𝐢s𝐢o𝐧-𝐦a𝐤e𝐫s.” – D𝐚v𝐢d O𝐭i𝐞n𝐨 At the First Pan-African Convening on the Future of Biodigital Technologies in Food and Agriculture, held in Addis Ababa from 2–4 October 2025, smallholder farmers from across the continent spoke directly about how biodigital technologies are reshaping their lives and livelihoods. Among them was David Otieno, a smallholder farmer from Kenya and a member of the Kenyan Peasants League, part of La Via Campesina, who offered a grounded and uncompromising reflection from the perspective of those most affected. 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠’ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠’ 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠. 𝐸𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠, ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦: 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒-𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐴𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠’ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟-𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠—𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙, 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙—𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! It's been 14 years of struggle to protect the Civic Space @FundHumanRights @KCDF @PBO_RA @cidioti @PeasantsLeague @ChineseEmbKenya @KangemiMovement @NdunguWainaina @TAI_Kenya @MzalendoWatch @Manyunyu_Corg #MyXAnniversary

ITS TODAY: Our Prep Webinar on UN Working Group Calls for Inputs Peasant Territories on Land & Sea and Right to Seeds is on today Friday the 23 January 2026 Time - 2.30PM Kenyan Time Link - meet.google.com/asy-nftj-wbg @via_campesina @LVCSEAf @arendeoriri @GMWatch @Afsafrica

We condemn the arrest of 52 Farmers including Morgan Ody, General Coordinator of @via_campesina & member of @ECVC1 Coordinating Committee who were Peacefully Occupying the French Ministry of Agriculture against the EU-Mercosur Agreement. We call for their Unconditional Release

Wednesday, 14th January, 2026: #LubaoBreakfast Join this open conversation about the state of development in the LREB counties and how resources are shared among residents! #CIDP #ADP #LubaoFM #KakamegaCounty @Kakamega_037 @kakamegachamber @FcHomeboyz @KakamegaBunge

📍Uganda 🚨Front Line Defenders is gravely concerned by the targeting of human rights defenders in the context of the upcoming elections in Uganda on 15 January 2026 and by further restrictions to civic space, including a nationwide internet shutdown from 13 January at 18:00. The organisation condemns the suspension of several prominent NGOs, including the Center for Constitutional Governance, the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda and Chapter Four Uganda, as well as the judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of woman human rights defender and lawyer Dr. Sarah Bireete. These latest developments are designed to restrict civic space, silence dissent and inhibit the freedom of expression and assembly at a pivotal moment in the political life of the country. By constricting civic space through the targeting of human rights defenders and information blackouts, the authorities erode transparency, social oversight and public participation, which together constitute the enabling environment for accountable governance and sustainable development in Uganda. We call for the immediate release of Dr. Sarah Bireete and urge the authorities to withdraw the suspension of prominent NGOs in the country, as well as to stop the internet shutdown that silences dissent and blocks access to information. 🔗Read more: frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-r…