OUR STORY

ABOUT CMR -AFRICA

CMR-AFRICA is a non-profit organization registered in Kenya. The organization is Africa’s premium legal capacity building platform aimed at equipping Africa’s youth to contribute to legal and policy developments in the Society.

 

We work to provide opportunities for Africa’s youthful population so that they can have decent lives and contribute to the social, political and economic development of their countries through transformative inclusion during major policy making processes.

  • Empowering Justice
  • In Pursuit of Knowledge
  • Beyond Theory
  • Guiding Lights

Key areas

Our Key Pillars

The Moot Hub

The Moot Hub

ABOUT MOOT HUB

The CMR Moot Hub is a unique premium platform and initiative offered to all African students through a series of specialized moot court competitions touching diverse areas. The Moot Courts are specially tailored to bolster the capacity of students in critical emerging societal issues thus exposing them to be part of the active dialogue in these areas. Through their participation, students get a direct exceptional contextual understanding of the issues presented. The moots expose students to in-depth legal research and analysis of issues while formulating persuasive arguments for and against the hypothetical cases presented.

The Mentorship Hub

The Mentorship Hub

SET ACTIONS & ASSIGN STAKEHOLDERS

The CMR Mentorship Hub, is premised on the need of the younger generation to tap from experience and knowledge of their predecessors. The Mentorship Hub provides a platform for connecting mentors and mentees. Towards this end, the Center in partnership with development partners organizes mentorship series at both institutions and town hall meetings. In these events, senior lawyers, judicial officers and judges get to interact and share with the younger generations their experiences and knowledge. The Center also conducts mapping of mentors to mentees where a mentor offers to be rolled out to a program of regular mentorship to a particular set of mentees.

The Research Hub

The Research Hub

ABOUT RESEARCH HUB

The CMR Research Hub is multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform that aims to foster the culture of research among students, lawyers, and members of the society from across all disciplines. It will do so by hosting essay writing competitions, compendiums and colloquiums in partnerships with various institutions of higher learning, government entities as well as other civil society actors. Additionally, this docket of CMR seeks to run a journal dubbed “The CMR Journal” which will periodically publish thematic articles in collaboration with the Moots docket.

The Legal Aid Hub

The Legal Aid Hub

ABOUT LEGAL AID HUB

CMR-Africa boasts of highly qualified professionals consisting of a Team of young agile advocates of the High Court of Kenya qualified to practice as such in Kenya. The Team of advocates plays a pivotal role in reaching out to vulnerable families and indigent litigants in the rural areas with deserving cases that require urgent attention through strategic litigation in safeguarding justice. Through partnerships with African law schools, the legal aid team is positioned to respond to rising demands for justice in rural areas through strategic litigation on various areas including children’s rights, refugee rights, women’s rights among others.

WORK PROCESS

HOW IT WORKS?

Africa is the youngest continent in the world: About 70% percent of its population is below the age of 30 years. However, young Africans who should give momentum to the continent’s transformation through inclusion during major policy making processes are largely alienated and marginalized. The greatest challenges facing governments and policymakers in Africa today is how to provide opportunities for this youthful population so that they can have decent lives and contribute to the social, political and economic development of their countries.

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Harnessing innovation through solution based research programs, which has the potential to increase skill formation, enhance productivity and create youth employment opportunities

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Enhancing the capacity of young lawyers in bridging the gap of access to justice in indigenous communities in Africa.

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Building institutional capacity pivotal for provision of legal aid through partnerships with Higher learning institutions in Africa towards promotion of effective access of justice to indigenous communities

Organization Members

MEET

OUR TEAM

Karen Koech

Karen Koech

Research Hub Director

Elais Ouma

Elias Ouma

Chairperson

Alex Mbaya

Alex Mbaya

Lead Aid Hub Director

Tali Israel Tali

Tali Israel Tali

Executive Director

Boniface Mwereru

Boniface Mwereru

Mentorship hub Director

Sharon Wanga

Moot Hub Director

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