Kituo Cha Katiba (KCK) is a regional non-governmental organisation established in 1997 to promote constitutionalism, good governance and democratic development. KCK addresses the problem of governments in East Africa not respecting their constitutions, which leads to gross human rights violations, marginalisation, oppression, civil strife and coups. For example, KCK's fact-finding missions provide
information and give prominence to critical constitutional, governance and democratic issues peculiar to specific countries and the region. Her Annual State of Constitutionalism Project that audits the constitutional and governance landscape in the region is a useful source of information on the progress, challenges and prospects in the area. KCK's work aims to empower East Africans to hold their governments answerable in order to influence the way they are governed so that there is ultimately a respectful relationship between the leaders and the led.
