Kenya Ni Mimi, Village Market, Limuru Road, Nairobi (2026)

01/10/2026

5 DECEMBER. USIPANGE. 👀🇰🇪

Seriously. Your December just got one important entry.

The Kenya Ni Mimi Festival returns on Saturday, 5 December 2026 and this year, we are rebuilding the experience around a simple truth, Young people do not live single-issue lives. Neither should the spaces created for us.

We move between work and wellbeing. Technology and identity. Citizenship and culture. Big dreams and very real bills. Building Kenya while simultaneously trying to figure out our own lives.

That complexity is where Kenya Ni Mimi has always lived.

On 5 December, we bring the community together again.

What exactly are we planning? Hatujasema bado😌

Venue? Soon.
Programme? Soon.
Registration? Soon.

For now, your assignment is extremely simple:

📅 Save Saturday, 5 December 2026.

And before your friend books another December plan, send them this post and tell them “Usipange.”

All official festival information and registration will come through Kenya Ni Mimi’s official channels. If a registration link comes from somewhere else, verify it with us first.

Comment NIKO if the date is officially locked.

5 December. Usipange.

Kenya Ni Mimi. Kenya Ni Wewe. Kenya Ni Sisi Sote.

30/09/2026

Africa does not need another conversation about the future of technology without investing in the people expected to build it.

This November, AI Build Day 2.0 will bring together more than 150 students, developers, designers, entrepreneurs and innovators for two days of hands-on building around real African challenges.

Kenya Ni Mimi is collaborating with ARTS Technology Foundation, BuildIT and KenyaMUN to help create a space where young people can move from learning about artificial intelligence to experimenting with it, questioning it and building with it.

Now, we are looking for organisations that want to build alongside them.

Partners can contribute technology and platforms, mentorship and learning, funding and prizes, industry expertise, community reach or venue and logistical support.

But partnership here should mean more than placing a logo on a poster.

It is an opportunity to give young builders access to the tools, people, knowledge and networks that can move an idea from “what if?” to something they can actually demonstrate.

Through Ctrl Alt Career, Kenya Ni Mimi has been asking what young Africans need to navigate an economy increasingly shaped by AI, automation and digital work. One answer keeps emerging: young people need opportunities to practise, not just listen.

AI Build Day 2.0 is one of those opportunities.

📅 6–7 November 2026
📍 Nairobi
🤝 Partnership expressions by 24 October 2026
📩 [email protected]

If your organisation works in technology, education, innovation, employment, research or youth development, there is room to contribute.

Tujenge Africa. Tuinue Africa.

30/09/2026

What can you build in two days when the problem is real, the tools are powerful and the people around you are ready to experiment?

On 6–7 November 2026, Kenya Ni Mimi is joining ARTS Technology Foundation, BuildIT and KenyaMUN for AI Build Day 2.0 in Nairobi, a hands-on space for students, developers, designers, entrepreneurs, creators and curious first-time builders to move beyond talking about AI and actually use it.

Across two days, participants will work on real African challenges, build AI-powered prototypes, learn from mentors and industry practitioners, collaborate across disciplines and pitch what they create.

For us at Kenya Ni Mimi, this connects directly to the work we are doing through Ctrl Alt Career.

The future of work will not be shaped only by who can use AI fastest. It will also depend on who can think critically, identify meaningful problems, question what technology should solve, build responsibly and apply human judgement alongside digital tools.

That is why spaces like this matter.

Not everyone needs to arrive as an AI expert. Come with curiosity, a problem worth solving and a willingness to build.

📅 6–7 November 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
📍 Nairobi | Venue to be announced
🎟️ Early Bird: KES 800
🎟️ Advance: KES 1,200

Two days. Real problems. Working prototypes.

Don’t just imagine Africa’s digital future. Come build part of it.

Ticket link : https://www.tipsitickets.com/event/ai-build-day-2nd-edition?eventId=6580ef67-3724-4829-9f0b-8b421d1bbc55

30/09/2026

Stories shape how we understand where we come from and how we choose to show up.

The 50 Percent Nairobi hub is joining Kenya Ni Mimi for a Book Reading Circle on The Trial of Dedan Kimathi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Micere Mugo.

Together, we’ll look beyond the story itself and ask:

✅ Who gets to tell the story of our freedom?

✅ What does independence mean beyond the land and flag?

✅ How does remembering history shape the citizens we become?

✅ And what can young people learn from the struggles that came before us?

Storytelling is part of civic practice. The stories we inherit and retell can shape how we understand power, responsibility and our place in the future we are building.

Limited slots available!

Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ce9m5w8M4U6WgdY5UcztAvue1JC-Ya5Hnpuw4u4bMghUMjkwTzJKREtEQzlTSlpUOFZZSktTUlVBNS4u

📍Ubunifu hub

📆16 October, from 10:00am

23/09/2026

What happens when civic actors come together to read, reflect and imagine practical ways to strengthen civic space in their communities?

Article 19 and Kenya Ni Mimi Mawazo Yetu Reading Circle, brought together civic actors from Makueni, Machakos and Kitui Counties for honest conversations on the challenges affecting civic space in their counties and more importantly, what they can do about them.

The conversation went beyond identifying challenges. Participants explored practical actions, opportunities for collaboration and what they can take forward over the next six months to contribute to stronger, more inclusive and resilient civic spaces in their counties.

From reflection to action. From conversation to commitment. ✊🏾

15/09/2026

“When every voice counts, democracy delivers.”

For young Kenyans, democracy should be something we experience in everyday life not only something we hear about today.

It means having opportunities to speak, ask questions, access information, share ideas and take part in decisions that affect our communities.

But meaningful participation goes beyond being invited into a room or being given a microphone.

It asks a deeper question, did our contribution help shape what happened next?

Democracy works best when people are able to participate meaningfully, institutions respond, information is accessible, different views can be expressed respectfully and communities can hold decision-makers accountable.

For young people, this also means learning how decisions are made, understanding our rights and responsibilities, taking part in community processes and creating spaces where others can participate too.

Being heard is the beginning. Participation becomes meaningful when people can contribute, question, influence and follow up.

This International Day of Democracy, we are asking young Kenyans to think beyond participation as attendance.

Where do you feel your voice genuinely counts?

Where do young people need more opportunities to contribute?

What would meaningful participation look like in your community?

Kenya Ni Mimi. Kenya Ni Wewe. Kenya Ni Sisi Sote.

10/09/2026

Sometimes “I’m fine” hides a lot.

A young person can still go to class, report to work, laugh with friends at parties, answer messages and meet deadlines while carrying distress that nobody around them can see.

That is why World Su***de Prevention Day cannot be treated as a single day of awareness. It sits within a much bigger conversation we need to keep having throughout Su***de Prevention Month and beyond.

Through Colourful Conversations, Kenya Ni Mimi continues to create space for young people to speak honestly about mental health, exhaustion, loneliness, grief, financial pressure and the realities of simply trying to keep going.

Looking okay is not always being okay.
Sometimes people need more than “kuwa strong,” “usifikirie sana” or “others have it worse.” They need someone to listen without judgement, take what they are saying seriously and help them access appropriate support.

Su***de prevention is not only about responding when someone reaches crisis point. It is also about the conditions we create before that moment, families where vulnerability is allowed, schools and workplaces that take mental health seriously, accessible care and communities where “I’m not okay” is an acceptable answer.

So today and throughout September, check in differently. Ask twice. Listen properly. Notice changes. Take distress seriously. Stay connected. And remember that you do not need perfect words to show up for someone.

If somebody is in immediate danger, call 999 or 112, go to the nearest emergency department or contact Kenya Red Cross on 1199.

Changing the conversation takes more than one day. Let’s keep it going.

Kenya Ni Mimi. Kenya Ni Wewe. Kenya Ni Sisi Sote.

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04/09/2026

🇰🇪 Your body. Your choice. Your dignity. Your right.

World Sexual Health Day should be about more than talking about health. It should be about whether people can actually access information, care, safety and choice without shame, fear or judgement.

For many young people in Kenya, s*xual health is still shaped by stigma, misinformation, unequal access to services, silence around consent and environments where asking honest questions about s*x, relationships and reproductive health can feel risky.

That is why s*xual health cannot be reduced to clinics, contraception or disease prevention.

It is also about consent. Bodily autonomy. Safety. Pleasure. Respect. Accurate information. Healthy relationships. Freedom from violence. And the ability to make informed decisions about your own body.

Through Colourful Conversations, Kenya Ni Mimi creates spaces where young people can talk about s*xual and reproductive health and rights openly, ask difficult questions without being judged and explore consent, relationships, boundaries, wellbeing and bodily autonomy with honesty.

Because silence does not protect young people. Information does. Support does. Accessible services do. Being trusted to understand and make informed decisions about our own bodies does.

This World Sexual Health Day, the question is not whether young people deserve dignity, information, protection and choice. The question is what we are doing to make those rights real.

Your body belongs to you. Full stop.

What would need to change for every young person in Kenya to feel safe asking questions, seeking care and making informed decisions about their s*xual health?

Kenya Ni Mimi. Kenya Ni Wewe. Kenya Ni Sisi Sote.

01/09/2026

A Constitution does not only erode when someone rewrites it. Sometimes erosion happens quietly, one underfunded institution, one shrinking civic space and one unimplemented promise at a time.

On 27 August, Kenya Ni Mimi joined Katiba@16, convened by CFF with ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa and other civil society organisations, for an honest audit of sixteen years of Kenya’s 2010 Constitution.

The conversations went beyond celebration. They examined devolution, the Bill of Rights, public participation, press freedom, electoral integrity, gender representation, public finance accountability and the risk of democratic backsliding.

One statistic captured the challenge sharply: the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights is operating on less than half the resources it requires, with only five regional offices against a mandate for 48.

Constitutional institutions belong to Kenyans. Weakening their capacity weakens the protections available to everyone across the country today.

Through our Uhuru Wetu programme, Project Lead Jewel Ndung’u and Chief Catalyst Samuel Mue led Know Your Constitution, an interactive quiz testing civic knowledge from the Constitution’s 264 Articles to the 4 August 2010 referendum and Kenya’s KSh 13 trillion public debt position as at May 2026.

Jewel followed with a challenge, young people must not be treated as audiences to mobilise after strategies are written. They are organisers, communicators and strategists already shaping civic narratives.

From the floor, our Gen Z representative Victoria connected the energy of 2024 and 2025 to sustained participation through the Niko Kadi voter registration drive ahead of 2027.

The day closed with the Katiba@16 Declaration and Citizen Vow.

Sixteen years on, the message was clear, the Constitution will not defend itself. We must know it, use it, question power through it and insist that its promises become real.

Kenya Ni Mimi. Kenya Ni Wewe. Kenya Ni Sisi Sote.

27/08/2026

The Constitution has been tested, challenged and defended and through it all, the power of the people has remained at its heart.

But as we look ahead to 2027, important questions remain: Where has the Katiba delivered? Where has it fallen short? And what can citizens and institutions do to protect and advance its promises?

Katiba@16: The People’s Power, Constitutionalism and Democracy Ahead of 2027 brings together constitutional experts, independent commissions, the judiciary, human rights defenders, media and young people to reflect, engage and shape the way forward.

Follow along as we share insights from the room.

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