Kula Roba Wako is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Charismatic lady passionate about Human Rights and policy development. She advocates for children rights, gender equality and social empowerment. She has a background in working with women and children across a majority of counties.

She is the founder of CHAGI, a Community Based Organization (CBO) whose vision is to educate residents of Marsabit County on matters relating to HIV/AIDS and stigma that comes with it. CHAGI protects child rights by educating the community on the need of education to their children with a focus on the girl child. With funding and support from DORCAS AID and the ministry of health Moyale Sub-county, CHAGI has managed to reach at least 19 wards in Moyale sub-county.

She has worked over 6 years and has gained experience in organizations whose focus is mainly on policy development and society empowerment.

Kula has amassed experience working as a consultant and a trainer with different organizations including the Concern Worldwide (an International NGO), CIFA and the Anglican Development Services (a local NGO based in Marsabit County).

She was the Legal officer at HAKI Africa and her duties included giving legal advice on cases such defilement, domestic violence, land related issues, child support among others and seeing that the victims are well protected and justice is served appropriately.  

She has successfully conducted legal aids in Kwale County, Mombasa County, Kilifi County and Tana River County. She took part in the assistance of the accreditation of HAKI Africa as one of the centres to offer Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points to advocates.

Kula has volunteered and worked in several community projects including the Adopt a School mentorship programme, where she mentors at least two hundred students.

She is currently the National Coordinator at the Equality Effect, works closely with National Police Service to develop curriculum on Investigation of Defilement that will later on be used to train officers across the country. The curriculum is to help the NPS be able to conduct “prompt, effective, proper and professional investigations.

Kula’s passion is to end any injustices against women and children.

Zaina Waturi Kombo is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Woman Human Rights Defender. She has over 7 years’ experience human rights and development with a mix of both grassroots organizing and policy influencing. She holds an LLB and LLM in Law, Governance and Democracy both from the University of Nairobi (UoN). She is an active member of FIDA- Kenya, ICJ – Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya. She holds a certificate on Gender Mainstreaming in AU Peace Support Operations, a trained budget facilitator on Gender Responsive Budgeting (By Institute of Public Finance Management – Kenya), Results Based Project Management (by Swedish Development Agency) and trained on Inclusion and Nondiscrimination (by LSU – Sweden).

In her years of experience she has worked with the youth and women in efforts to prevent violent extremism. In her current role she is involved in peace and security initiatives geared towards security accountability in African countries through capacity building and supporting grassroots human rights organizations in Kenya and beyond.

Zaina Kombo believes that women still need to fight for their space in development and decision making processes as the “Glass ceiling” has proved to have numerous layers in different contexts of the world.

Patricia Nelima Simiyu is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with bias in Human Rights. She currently works as a program Officer at the Equality Effect, a Canadian non-profit charity that uses international human rights law as a tool to access justice for women and girls around the world.  Prior to this, Patricia worked in a number of Organizations namely; Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB), Community Education and Empowerment Centre (CEEC), Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN), the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights(KNCHR) and the Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya (FIDA Kenya).

She has a range of experience in implementing human rights programs ranging from sexual and reproductive health rights, land and property rights and general human rights complaints processing. She has similarly implemented projects touching on leadership and governance, positive masculinity and gender. Patricia has a rich experience in public engagement, media engagement and program design and implementation. She has organized events and trainings for prosecutors, lawyers, police and general public in a range of human rights related issues.

Patricia is a member of the Law Society of Kenya, FIDA Kenya and Amnesty International Kenya.

Mr Mburu was born in a small village in a few kilometers from kiambu town He is a husband and a father of Two Mburu is an experienced finance professional with a demonstrated track record of transformational leadership, performance, and delivery across different industries with over 15 years of experience. Skilled in Driving performance, Regulatory Management, Financial Control, Taxation, Planning and Budgeting, Regulatory Reporting, Statutory accounting under IFRS, Risk Management, and Internal Audit.

Mburu is a seasoned finance professional, experienced Board reporting and senior leadership, a CPA (K) who also holds a BCom (Hons) in Accounting from Catholic University of Eastern Africa backed by an MBA in Strategic Management from United States International University. 
He is also a private pilot who also uses his free time in bush flying and hobby flying