Decentralizing Networking for Impact in PELUM Kenya Network

In 2010, Kenya passed a new constitution which resulted in to devolvement of government and the establishment of County Governments. In line with this change, PELUM Kenya reviewed its networking in 2015 and resulted in to the establishemnt of six networking zones. The networking zones included: Central/Nairobi Zone, Lower Eastern and Coastal Zone, Upper Eastern and Northern Kenya Zone, Central Rift Valley Zone, Western Zone and Nyanza Zone. This included clustering of PELUM Kenya Member Organizations (MO) in those six networking zones with a view of enhancing horizontal learning. The zonal networking was also designed to enhance grassroot networking among member organizations and this included recruitment of six Zonal Networking Coordinators who would coordinate the networking initiatives in those zones. Further, PELUM Kenya management and governance realized that it would be more impactful for the network to grow from the bottom without neccessarily having a heavy secretariat.