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About

The Wikimedia User Group Kenya is a community of volunteers who are passionate about championing Free Knowledge, to enhance access to information.

Our focus will be on English (En:Wiki) and Swahili Wikipedia (sw:wiki). The User Group is also quite deliberate on shrinking the Gender Gap on Wikipedia and in the internet at large and will therefore be keen on projects that advance Gender Equality.

Prior to our affiliation in September 2022, we have been involved in edit-a-thons, photo walks, training new editors, Movement Strategy Discussions, Wikimania, Wiki Indaba.

Collaboration is also a value we hold dear. We've been beneficiaries of mentorship and the goodwill of the Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda.

The User group's primary contacts are Carol and Winnie.

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Objectives

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Proposed Activities

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History

The idea to form the Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya started in September 2019 when five Kenyans, including Winnie, Faith and Teri met in Kampala during the East Africa Strategy Summit. We learned from the communities present that there had been a Kenyan Wikimedia Chapter that is nolonger in good standing with the community. We resolved to synergise once back in Kenya and see how we could carve a new identity for ourselves and grow into the movement as a new generation of like-minded individuals.

We have since been able to bring more members onboard, majority of whom have been recruits from the afrcocine edit-a-thon 2020 and 2021 while some have been recommended by our neighbouring wikimedia communities. This include some librarirans such as Carol Mwaura and Raymond Chepkwony that had worked with Alice in the 1Lib1ref project.

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Contact

General inquiries: wikimediausergroupkenyagmail.com

You can follow us on X (@WikimediaK).

You can also connect with our members: Winnie Kabintie and Carol Mwaura.

Current Members

Cecilia Nkini

George Mahinda

Chalimrembo

Keshgal

Mike Owuya

Nicole Wanjiku

Prudence Maina

Briianbraiin

Jullieward

Yusuf Ganyana

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Inactive Members

Abdulahi Abdi

Noreen Likimani

Cosmas Chumba

Sarah Itenya

Lenny Kisuu

Teri Wanderi

Interested in Joining?

We are excited to welcome new contributors to the Wikimedia Kenya User Group. Click below to add your username to the list of individuals who have expressed interest in joining our community or to learn more about joining.

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Activities & Projects Timeline

2026: Current Milestones

For the outreach dashboard for this year click on this link

Wikipedia@25 Nairobi Celebrations