Sankara is a grassroot human defender and a member of the Ngong social justice and

Environment center. Sankara advocates for ecological and social justice. He advocates against police brutality, gender based violence, land grabbing and river pollution through influencing change in public attitudes, policies and laws to create an inclusive, clean, friendly and socially just society. 

“My most notable success is the reclamation of public land that acted as a dumpsite for a period of time. The grabbing of this piece of land saw my arrest and that of a 11 other youths who come out in defense of this land. We suffered torture and atrocities for refusal to keep quite about the grabbing of this land.”

Sankara observes that environmental advocacy, especially on the land question, particularly when public land grabbing is involved, attracts severe response from the violators, in some cases, with connivance of the state agencies. 

“…during my advocacy works against the violation of waste pickers rights, in line with the community land we were being evacuated from, I was arrested tortured and locked behind bars for a period of two weeks for leading protest against the grabbing of those pieces of land and standing ground against the violation of fellow youths working in this sector. I have also suffered torture, intimidation and violations including dispossession of personal items for being vocal against grabbing of public land and public spaces around Ngong.”

Sankara is an exceptional HRD who demonstrates leadership through the cultivation of diverse and inclusive workforce, continuous learning and championing toward talent development, social justice and ecological justice initiative.