Veranstaltungsberichte

KAS Kenia feiert Internationalen Tag der Menschen mit Behinderung

Am 03.12.2025 feierte das Team der KAS Kenia den Internationalen Tag der Menschen mit Behinderung gemeinsam mit dem Büro des Regierungssprechers Kenias und verschiedenen kenianischen Organisationen von Menschen mit Behinderung.

WYDE Political Parties

Empowering Young Legislators: Building Skills for Inclusive Governance

The recently concluded WYDE Political Parties workshop held on the 4th and 5th August 2025, under the theme: Amplifying Young People in Parliament: Capacity Building for Young Legislators, brought together young legislators to strengthen their capacity to engage effectively in oversight and democratic governance process.

WYDE Political Parties

Women Political Leaders Capacity Strengthened

On the 22nd and 23rd of July, KAS Kenya, in collaboration with the KANU Party Women’s Congress, held a two-day capacity building workshop aimed at strengthening the political leadership skills of female leaders within KANU. The workshop is part of the Women and Youth Democratic Engagement (WYDE) Political Parties project funded by the European Union and led by ENoP.

50 Jahre KAS Kenia: Rückblick und Visionen

KAS @ 50

Am 3. Mai 2023 feierte die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) das 50-jährige Beststehen ihres Länderbüros in Nairobi. Als Ehrengäste nahmen Hon. Mercy Wanjau, Staatssekretärin im kenianischen Staatsministerium, Thomas Wimmer, stellvertretender Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Kenia, und Hermann Gröhe, stellvertretender Vorsitzender der KAS, an der Veranstaltung teil. Die KAS startete ihr Engagement in Kenia im Jahre 1973 zunächst im Rahmen einer Zusammenarbeit mit der Pan-African Association of Savings and Credit Unions (ASOSCA). Seither hat sich vieles verändert. Das KAS Länderbüro arbeitet mit politischen Parteien und zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen zusammen, motiviert Frauen und junge Menschen, sich politisch zu engagieren und vermittelt Ihnen die dazu die erforderlichen Kenntnisse. Darüber hinaus bietet sie Veranstaltungen zu den Themenbereichen Ernährungssicherheit und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Kenias an und unterstützt damit die Verbesserung der Ernährungssicherheit und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung des Landes.

Food Security Governance

On the 3rd and 4th February, 2021, KAS Kenya held a workshop with Civil Society Organizations and local media from Baringo Country with the aim of improving their capacities on how best they can engage political decision makers on areas of food security. The two-day forum, enabled the participants on how to map and analyze various personalities within the county so that they can easily sell their agenda aimed at improving livelihoods. The team resolved to undertake a process that will see the county recruit more agricultural and livestock extension officers to help farmers in both crop and livestock production and management.

Empowerment of Women in County Assemblies

Women and Politics

On 18th – 19th & 25th - 26th November 2020, KAS Kenya held an activity in Nakuru and Mombasa respectively to enhance the capacities of nominated and elected women MCAs from the Coast and Rift-valley regions. The specific objective of the event was to enhance the capacities of selected women legislatures i.e. elected/ nominated women members of county assemblies on effective campaign strategies to increase their numbers and quality of political debates during and after the 2022 elections. This would as well enhance gender responsive legislations and political initiatives at the county level and thus continue to promote decentralization governance system in Kenya.

Entrepreneurship Training for Aspiring Young Politicians

Entrepreneurship is one of the spearheading sources of revenue and a major income earning activity that promotes the country’s economy. KAS Kenya in the last one year has developed an entrepreneurship program (STEP) that seeks to train young aspiring politicians and all other aspiring candidates in our network on entrepreneurship skills. Based on the Entrepreneurship Training Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP), the aim was to contribute to the topics of education and research in the context of cooperation with emerging and developing countries.

Communication and Media training for Young Politicians

Media and Politics

In October 2020, KAS held training workshops for young politicians on how to effectively communicate using the media platform for visibility. The workshops targeted 21 young Kenyan youth who are pursuing careers in politics and public offices. The political parties represented included; Kenya African National Union (KANU), Ford-Kenya, Wiper, Amani National Congress (ANC), Safina, Jubilee, Ukweli and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).

Civil Society Engagement for Better Approach Towards Political Decision Makers "Power Mapping"

Food Security- Samburu County

KAS Kenya office held a two day training in Samburu County that brought together members from the media and CSOs that deal in livelihoods, peace promotion and disaster management. The main objective was to strengthen their capacity in developing better approaches (power mapping and analysis) towards political decision makers.

Development of Political and Lobby Documents for Food Security and Early Warning Systems

Food Security - West Pokot County

KAS Kenya office held a one day county level and a subsequent two days sub-county level training in West Pokot on how to undertake successful lobbying on areas of food security and disaster risk reduction.