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Mzalendo Trust (Eye on Kenyan Parliament)

📍 Kenia · 2005 · Mzalendo Trust

Scale
local
subnational
national
systemic

Description

Non-partisan parliamentary monitoring organization (PMO) that uses civic technology to make the Parliament of Kenya more accessible and transparent. It tracks the performance of MPs, committees and parties, publishes the Hansard, and runs citizen participation platforms for legislation. Its Dokeza platform (launched with Parliament in 2017) allows commenting on and annotating bills; other tools include BungeMeter, Bonga na Mzalendo, Promise Tracker and county assembly resources. It operates within Kenya's Open Government Partnership space.

Linked evidence

Parliament and the People: How digital technologies are shaping democratic information flow in Sub-Saharan AfricamySociety · 2018Evidence