Research, Policy Formulation and Capacity Building

Research

The research program at NAMLEF seeks to identify critical issues that require attention thereby informing policy formulation. Key research areas are in Education, Environment, Governance Peace and Conflict and socioeconomic fields. Research findings play a key role in informing the NAMLEF’s advocacy programme and increase the capacity of the member organisations and the Muslim constituency.

Policy Formulation and Development

NAMLEF has identified that there is an urgent need to institutionalize representation of Muslims and their interests in key policy formulation organs to ensure systematic influence of policy formulation and its contents. Subsequently, NAMLEF seeks to deliberately advocate for reforms, whether legislative or regulatory, in the processes that have been discriminatory to Muslims and have hitherto hindered Muslims in Kenya to access rights of the citizenry. The envisaged new constitution as the foremost law of the land should enhance the rights of Muslims and not reduce them in any way.

Capacity Building

NAMLEF seeks to build the capacities of the members and the community is geared towards building the civil capability of the Ummah. It attempts to increase the ability of Muslim individuals and groups to influence the decisions of elected and non-elected leaders in their sphere and thereby discharge their civic responsibilities as citizens. This is manifested when the Ummah is involved in key decision making and participate in the implementation of the decisions reached at their domain of influence.

The capacity building programme is tailored to meet the needs of Muslims in rural parts of Kenya; Muslim students and Muslim organisations.