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Raising Voices for Peace in Kenya: A Personal Reflection
My mobile rang incessantly the morning after Mwai Kibaki was sworn in. One caller was persistent. Three times I was asked, “Irungu, we need to meet, when?” With images of anger and mayhem from the entire country flooding my television, it seemed futile. However, we did meet that afternoon on the 31st December 2007 at the offices of the Peace and Development Network in Kilimani, Nairobi. The next few months breathed life to the proverb “When the spider webs unite, they can ti
Mar 7, 20149 min read
Learning the art of building community in Kilimani
In November, reporter Mark Namswa of Nairobi’s UP Magazine interviewed me for their special issue on community policing. Below is the...
Dec 9, 20136 min read
Published Land Grabs Letter to the Financial Times
Response to Monday’s FT article “Palm oil producers face challenges in Africa” 24th September 2012 http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4389d42-07db-...
Oct 1, 20121 min read
The Challenge of Unequal Growth and Exclusive Governance
Comments to the AU Conference of African Union Ministers in charge of Youth Development, 12-14 September 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
Sep 12, 20123 min read
Three years before the deadline for realising the MDGs: What needs to be done to powerfully complet
Presentation to SIDA Annual Conference, Stockholm, 23 August 2013 By Irũngũ Houghton[i] Introduction As the cocoon regularly whispers to...
Aug 23, 201214 min read
Press release July 11th: SOTU to name and shame Governments who fail to implement AU standards
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 11, 2012 “We will mobilize millions to name and shame African Governments who fail to implement AU standards,...
Jul 11, 20127 min read
Media events planned for the July 2012 AU Summit
AU SUMMIT JULY 2012 MEDIA ADVISORY FOR CSO EVENTS 11th July – “Play for the Union” press conference Organisers: State of the Union...
Jul 10, 20122 min read
Hey, what could come after the MDGs?
Presentation notes by Irũngũ Houghton, Oxfam Pan Africa Director All Africa Parliamentary Conference on Parliaments, the MDGs and the...
May 24, 20123 min read
Reflecting on campaigning in Africa: Some reflections from Africans Act for Africa (AA4A)
It is six months since we galvanised African Governments to view the unfolding famine in the horn of Africa as their collective...
Mar 7, 20122 min read
State of the Union Africa coalition statement, Dismal national performance by African Governments un
RELEASE DATE: 29TH JANUARY 2012 BRIEFING NOTE ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF AU TREATIES AND POLICY STANDARDS Dismal national performance...
Feb 7, 20122 min read
Call to action for African Governments to Act for the Horn of Africa
In this 12 page policy brief, 14 Pan African, national and regional networks call on African Governments to give US$50 million before the...
Aug 16, 201118 min read
What progress have we made on realising the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women: A letter to the late
Opening Remarks by Irungu Houghton, Pan Africa Director, Oxfam Second Raising Her Voice Africa Projects Review, learning and planning...
Jul 15, 20114 min read
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