Malesi Shivaji, Samson is an experienced Kenyan civil society practitioner, with over 15 years experience in civil society coordination, advocacy and influencing, as well as capacity building. He is a holder of MA (Project Planning and Management) and BSc (Agriculture). He is trained on Corporate Governance at the Center of Corporate Governance and holds a Certificate on Gender Sensitive Governance from the Institute of Development Studies. Malesi has worked with Civil Society in various sectors, including sectors, including food security, environment and climate change, livelihoods, and water and sanitation. Malesi has served and continues to be a leader in civil society engagement institutions and platforms at national, continental and global levels. He is currently the CEO of KEWASNET , steering committee member at End Water Poverty (2014-17, 2019-present); Governing Board member of the Africa Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW); and Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), and Governing Trustee at Natural Capital Trust. Malesi stands out as a Human Rights advocate, a total quality management specialist, and an advocate for good governance.