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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Criminal Justice Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Labour Migration Minority Rights Refugees Sustainable Development Volunteerism Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Millennium Development Goals Research Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Social Development: Disabled persons Indigenous issues Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Peace and Development in Africa: Peace in Africa
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Kenya
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women
Mission statement:	Kituo Cha Sheria-Legal Advice Centre (KITUO) is a human rights non-governmental organization. It was founded on 9th July 1973 as Kituo cha Mashauri by advocates who were committed to helping the disadvantaged and poor people who could not afford the cost of legal services. It is the first legal Aid Centre established in Kenya. In 1989, the name was changed to Kituo Cha Sheria, Legal Advice Centre, then “The Centre for Legal Empowerment. KITUO is largely supported by development partners. The organization nonetheless gets support across the country from Volunteer Advocates in terms of their professional services. KITUO’s services are provided to the poor and marginalized through various strategies, which include but not limited to provision of legal advice, legal representation, litigation, and community mobilization and organization. Kituo's mission is to empower the poor and marginalized people to effectively access justice and realize human and peoples rights through advocacy,networking,lobbying, legal aid, legal education, representation and research.
Year established:	1973
Year of registration:	1993
Organizational structure:	KITUO has several governing bodies: the Assembly, Board of Trustees (BoT), Board of Directors (BoD) and an Executive Director (ED) who manages the organization as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In addition, KITUO has a team of coordinators that include the Deputy Director and officers. Senior organizational leadership, mainly the board of directors provides policy and strategic direction, as well as monitor and evaluate the progress of KITUO. The strategic leadership function seeks to provide informed decision, policy directions and ensure it leaves a good legacy. In this regard this function spearheads the debate on local philanthropy using the Justice House Project as a case study. It embraces an all inclusive leadership that recognizes the leadership capacity and responsibilities of everyone in the system. The strategic leadership also ensures an institutionalized succession plan to facilitate stability of its operation in the event that some of the personnel especially the top management leaves the organization.
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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