Meet Our Team → Secretariat

Festus has a wealth of experience with economics, econometrics, mathematical, statistical models and modelling as well as over seven years of relevant experience with participatory research, monitoring and evaluation, inferential statistics and econometrics. He has a deeper understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research methods. He has carried out research using experimental (e.g. RCTs), quasi-experimental (e.g. Difference in difference – DD) and non-experimental designs (cross and panel studies) as well as qualitative methods.

He has both international, regional, national and county experiences in matters monitoring, evaluation and learning, as demonstrated by his work on child labour and caste system within the (informal) agricultural households of Southern States of India (IFP - Tamil Nadu); gender gap in productivity case of Uganda for agricultural households (GreThA); Access to the market by women rice farmers and constraints to maximum utility of government incentives in Benin (IFPRI); gender analysis for the UNWFP Kenya on food security outcome monitoring, beneficiary contact outcome monitoring, School meal programmes, Asset creation monitoring, M&E framework development, resource mapping among others. He has also engaged with government entities like National gender equality commission in production of reports tabled in parliament to reaffirm the representation of the Special Interest Groups in parliament as per article 100 of the Constitution of Kenya. He not only understands devolution but also efforts to have gender anchored in all structures of the state. Having worked on GBV analysis on public and the private sector engagement in the latter, he understands inferences of SDGs and especially SDG#5. He has a mastery in French “Langue de Molière”

Ms.Winnie Muindi holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Security Studies from Daystar University. She minored in Peace studies and shows a particular interest in Diplomacy even by how she interacts with others in her day to day life.

Ms.Winnie Muindi is the current Membership Liaison Officer of the SDGs Kenya Forum facilitating the day to day interactions of the SDGs Kenya Forum with other external organizations that are part of our paid membership and partnerships. She offers great support to the rest of the secretariat in terms of Logistics, Procurement and Administration as well.

Ms.Winnie Muindi has worked and interacted with vast member organizations and is very familiar with the various roles that organizations and Civil Societies play in order to attain the Sustainable Development Goals Targets in Kenya.

Arnold Gekonge is an enthusiastic result-oriented youth champion for meaningful involvement of young people, just and inclusive societies. He uses online platforms as a creative way of reaching out to his peers and carrying out policy advocacy. He envisions the realization of an all-inclusive, equitable global society where marginalized populations, particularly adolescents and young people are well informed, economically empowered and actively take part in development issues as global citizens regardless of their background, gender or socioeconomic status. He is currently in charge of Communications, IT support and Youth Engagement at the SDGs Kenya Forum.

Ms.Florence Syevuo is a renowned Civil Society Coalition Builder, Coordinator and Campaigner to ending poverty and inequalities in all its forms leaving no one behind. Florence worked initially as a coordinator and youth champion for Millennium Development Goals since 2006 jointly with the then Ministry of Devolution and Planning-MDGs Unit, United Nations Millennium Campaign as a convener of civil society organizations under the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP). Following a vast coalition building experience Ms. Syevuo was appointed as the Country Coordinator of The SDGs Kenya Forum in 2016 to championing a harmonized approach to implementing the 2030 Agenda in Kenya by fostering partnership and ownership among all stakeholders.

Ms. Syevuo has been instrumental in numerous policy advocacy & change processes, generated research papers and key reports, and coordination of mass citizen mobilization for action events including Stand Up & Speak Out Campaign and Action 2015. Ms. Syevuo together with colleagues have specialized as co conveners facilitating civil Society organizations joint action and engagement with government executive, legislature, judiciary arms and technical ministries, private sector, academia and media to accelerate progress and to facilitate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in Kenya.

Key Roles

• Kenya Interagency Technical SDGs Group/Committee Co-Chair- Chaired by National Treasury and State Planning &Co- Chair Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) http://planning.go.ke/

• Co-Chair , Global South-Transparency Accountability &Participation (TAP) 2019 http://tapnetwork2030.org/

• Kenya Interagency Committee member on Gender Statistics Making Every Woman and Girl Count- Lead by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and UN Women https://www.genderinkenya.org/ungendernews/making-every-woman-and-girl-count-kenya-to-implement-un-womens-global-programme-on-gender-statistics/

• Africa Board Member-Civic Commission for Africa on TICAD Process https://www.facebook.com/CCFAf/

• Uwezo Kenya National Advisory Committee Member, TWAWEZA East Africa www.twaweza.org

• Advisory Committee Member-Deliver for Good Kenya Campaign https://womendeliver.org/deliver-for-good-kenya-campaign/

Rose Oluoch hold a Ph.D. degree in Curriculum Development from Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA; an MA degree in International Education, from Stockholm University, Sweden; and a BA degree in Sociology from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. I also hold a Diploma in International Development; a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy, and several certificates in Peace building and conflict Resolution, Project planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, & Human Rights. Dr. Oluoch has over 15 years in policy analysis, capacity building, advocacy and lobbying including intergovernmental negotiations. Dr. Oluoch is a founding member of the SDG's Kenya Forum, and has been involved since the forum's inception and launch. She currently works as the Program Manager and Governance and Partnerships coordinator for Forum, a role that involves developing new partnerships and fundraising for the Forum’s activities.

Dr. Oluoch has extensive experience of working with civil society, government, academic Institutions, and multilateral organizations. Previously whilst working with World Wild Fund -Africa she participated in High level policy engagements at the United Nations, Africa Union, East Africa Community, and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (among others), whereby she was involved in lobbying and influencing for SDG’s. She is also a core team member of the Africa Working Group which is supporting the implementation of SDG’s and Agenda 2063 across Africa.

Ms Everlyne, holds a Master of Arts Degree in Gender, Women and Development Studies and a Bachelor of Arts Psychology from Egerton University, Kenya. In addition, Ms Everlyne has undertaken a number of short courses in the area of gender. 

Ms. Everlyne Komba is a prolific international gender and development expert with a wealth of experience spanning over 10 years. She has major competencies in; Sex and Gender Based Violence issues, Gender mainstreaming, Reproductive Health and Women empowerment programs in Kenya and Africa. She is also well versed in public policy formulation, access to gender justice, measurement of women’s unpaid labor and economic empowerment, and general gender mainstreaming in multiple sectors including livelihoods, Water, Health, Agriculture and food security. 

Ms Everlyne has worked with State and Non State Actors, and consulted with different local and global civil organizations on Gender issues. Her vast experience will be instrumental not only to the SDGs Kenya Forum Gender Program but also to the organisation as a whole.