概述
An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and Policy Practitioner with over seven years of experience. Flora is set to head O’Bang’ Law’s Public Affairs and Policy Intelligence Unit. She specialises in policy analysis, legislative advocacy, project management, and strategic stakeholder engagement, as well as government relations, with extensive expertise in climate change, sustainable agriculture, and inclusive economic policy.
With a cocktail of her legal expertise and policy acumen, Flora uses research to inform evidence-based policymaking, not only influencing national but also regional policies across Eastern and Southern Africa. She has attained this while working with the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), ActionAid International Kenya, amongst other anonymous ones.
Flora is excellent at building and maintaining top-level relationships with donors, government officials, regulators, and development-oriented partners to secure policy and advocacy wins, as well as regulatory lucidity.
Education
- University of Nairobi, Master of Research and Public Policy.
- Kenya School of Law, Post Graduate Diploma in Law.
- Mount Kenya University, School of Law, Bachelor’s Degree in Laws.
Associations & Membership
- Law Society of Kenya.
- East Africa Law Society.
- ALFA International.
Select Publications
- Public Health Interventions and Individual Rights: The Impact of Covid-19 Movement Restrictions in Nairobi County between 2020-2023 (2025).
- Climate Justice for Poor Farmers in Africa (2023.
International Cooperation in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases in Africa: A Case for legal Epidemiology in Kenya (2020). - An Investigation into the Legal Instruments Regulating Fisheries in the Indian Ocean; Case of Kenya (2018).
经验领域
- Legal and regulatory analysis of national, regional, and international policy frameworks.
- Drafting, reviewing, and interpreting legislation, regulations, policy briefs, and institutional guidelines.
- Advising on compliance obligations, governance standards, and regulatory risk exposure.
- Conducting policy gap assessments and recommending legal or institutional reforms.
- Translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical guidance for programmes, institutions, and stakeholders.
- Development and implementation of advocacy strategies aligned with institutional and policy objectives.
- Preparation of policy briefs, position papers, talking points, submissions, and public affairs materials.
- Strategic messaging for government, development partners, civil society, private sector, and community audiences.
- Media, public engagement, and stakeholder communication on policy and regulatory issues.
- Coalition-building and campaign coordination to influence public policy, legislative reform, and institutional action.
- Design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policy and development projects.
- Workplan development, budgeting, resource allocation, and delivery tracking.
- Coordination of multidisciplinary teams, consultants, partners, and implementing agencies.
- Risk management, quality assurance, reporting, and compliance with donor or institutional requirements.
- Documentation of lessons learned, programme results, impact evidence, and sustainability outcomes.
- Engagement with ministries, departments, agencies, parliamentary bodies, regulators, and local authorities.
- Stakeholder mapping, relationship management, and influence analysis.
- Facilitation of consultations, technical working groups, public participation processes, and policy dialogues.
- Building partnerships with government, civil society, private sector, academia, communities, and development partners.
- Managing sensitive stakeholder interests, institutional expectations, and political economy dynamics.
- Analysis of regional policy frameworks, treaties, protocols, and institutional mechanisms across East and Southern Africa.
- Engagement with regional bodies, intergovernmental institutions, and cross-border policy platforms.
- Coordination of regional consultations, learning exchanges, and multi-country advocacy initiatives.
- Comparative policy research across East and Southern African jurisdictions.
- Support for harmonisation of laws, policies, and development priorities across regional and national systems.
- Policy analysis on climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience, and climate finance.
- Advisory work on sustainable agriculture, food systems, land use, natural resource governance, and rural livelihoods.
- Integration of sustainability principles into legal, regulatory, institutional, and development frameworks.
- Assessment of socio-economic impacts of climate, agriculture, trade, environment, and development policies.
- Development of evidence-based recommendations for inclusive, climate-resilient, and sustainable development pathways.
- Integration of gender equality, youth inclusion, human rights, and conflict sensitivity into programme design and implementation.
- Conducting gender, youth, human rights, and conflict sensitivity analyses for policies and development interventions.
- Development of inclusive participation strategies for women, young people, marginalised groups, and affected communities.
- Application of rights-based and do-no-harm approaches in policy, advocacy, and programme delivery.
- Monitoring and reporting on inclusion, equity, safeguarding, accountability, and social impact outcomes.
