A quiet county archive room with shelved documents

Board Notice — Who We Are

A small team that cares about how a story gets its facts

We started Jentora because too much local reporting was either too cautious to matter or too loose to trust. We wanted something in between.

Founders reviewing public records together

9+ years

Board Notice

How this started

Jentora grew out of newsroom trainings we kept being asked to run informally — sessions where a handful of reporters would gather around a table and go through a stack of minutes or a gazette notice line by line, working out what it actually meant.

Over time that informal habit became a structured programme, based in Kisii and built for the realities of county-level reporting: uneven publication schedules, officials who are sometimes reachable and sometimes not, and communities who deserve coverage that holds up.

We are not a newsroom ourselves. We train people who work in one, or who are trying to build one, to do the quieter parts of the job well.

Board Label — What We Hold To

Three things we don't compromise on

Lawful methods only

Every technique we teach relies on documents obtained openly and conversations conducted honestly. We don't teach shortcuts that put reporters or sources at risk.

Fairness to everyone named

Officials get a genuine chance to respond. Residents are described as people with their own stake in the outcome, not as props for a headline.

Patience over speed

Good records work takes weeks, sometimes months. We'd rather teach a method that holds up than one that just gets published first.

Board Label — The Team

People behind the sessions

Ondieki Marwa

Lead trainer, records practice

Naliaka Wambui

Programme coordinator

Kiptoo Nyabuto

Community accountability lead

Curious whether our approach fits your work? We're happy to talk it through.

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