ABEDEV's Track Record
Our Accomplishments
Since its formation, ABENENGO FOR DEVELOPMENT has built a reputation for being a consistent voice for accountable and effective governance in Busia County. A sample of the latest activities that we have accomplished include:
- Carrying out regular trainings for youth on civic awareness, citizen participation, citizen-led accountability and youth income opportunities since January 2024
- Consistently publishing information on governance and development issues on our social media channels informing the youth of goings-on in Busia County.
- Organising a youth governance through sports advocacy activity with sponsorship from Siasa Place in March 2025.
- Leading a VSO-sponsored social audit of Busia County’s Financing Locally led Climate Action (FLLoCA) projects in Samia sub-county in March 2025.
- Hosting a Samia youth inaugural basketball tournament as a means of reaching out and recruiting the youth for civic engagement in December 2024.
- Organising a Busia County CSOs meeting with the Busia Senator which provided a platform for CSOs and the Senator to forge a constructive partnership to oversight the Busia County Executive in March 2023.
- Playing an active role in revitalizing the Busia CSO network comprising of 12 active CSOs to become a platform for coordinating and improving CSO effectiveness in the County.
- Releasing regular media briefs and handing regular petitions to the Busia County Assembly with regard to governance issues in the County
- Consistently mobilising youth in Samia subcounty to actively participate in the County’s annual budget development cycle.
- Carrying out voter sensitization civic education forums in Funyula Constituency in the run-up to the 2022 General elections.
- Betwwen April – July 2025, successfully lobbied the government, through KeRRA and local area MP, to murram a critical stretch of the Munana-Sigalame-Sio Port road in Funyula sub-county.
