Okiya Omtatah is not a lawyer by profession as many people presume him to be, but is a Human Rights Activist.
To many, he is the number one country’s public defender because he has filed some of the biggest public interest cases that have shaped the economy and political landscape.
Josephine Kulea formed the Samburu Girls Foundation in 2012 with the aim of helping girls from her community against undergoing Female Genital Mutilation.
Her efforts in protecting the girls saw her receive recognition from the then Us ambassador to Kenya, Micheal Rannerberger.
Boniface Mwangi is a human rights activist who founded Power 254 in 2010. A platform that gives artists an opportunity to advocate for social change through their art.
Mwangi studied journalism at the East African school of journalism and later joined New York University to study Human Rights and Documentary photography.
Human Rights Activist, Okiya Omtatah Okoiti, is not a lawyer by profession, but many see him as the country’s public defender number one because he has filed some of the biggest public interest cases that have shaped the economy and political landscape.
His quest for a just society has seen him get into trouble with law enforcers, persevering beatings and lockups. At one point in 2012, he lost four incisors after an attack that was blamed on hired goons.