Uongozi // A leadership fellowship for public integrity

Training young leaders for the public good

Uongozi Fellowship, founded by whistleblower Nelson Amenya, equips a small cohort of Kenyans each year with the ethics, evidence, and courage to serve the public honestly.

10
Fellows per cohort
3 mo
Nairobi + Singapore
47
Counties represented
Three pillars

Three commitments.

01

Ethics of public office

Moral philosophy grounded in African constitutional traditions and the Chapter Six mandate.

02

Public good over personal interest

Fellows learn to put the public interest first — resisting capture, managing conflicts of interest, and making decisions that serve citizens, not patrons.

03

Civic courage

The interior work of standing firm — mentored by whistleblowers, journalists, and public servants who have.

Program

A three-month cohort fellowship, Nairobi to Singapore

Ten fellows a year move through the program as one cohort: foundations in Nairobi, a two-week governance immersion in Singapore studying how a state built clean institutions, then a placement back home where the lessons are applied — at zero cost to fellows.

01

Nairobi foundations

Six weeks of constitutional law, Chapter Six, public finance and comparative anti-corruption frameworks, taught with retired judges and scholars.

02

Singapore immersion

A two-week residency in Singapore: study visits to public agencies, anti-corruption and civil service institutions, and clinics on building systems that resist capture.

03

Kenya placement & capstone

Fellows return to an embedded placement with a partner institution and deliver a reform capstone applying what Singapore taught to a Kenyan problem.