Mars Group Kenya is a leadership, governance, accountability and media watchdog organization and owner of www.marsgroupkenya.org, Kenya’s largest good governance information web portal. Mars Group Kenya is an Internet based organization, with offices in Nairobi, Kenya, that monitors and tracks all Kenyan public institutions and offices, including the Government, Media and Civil Society.


The Mars Group Kenya is a large local digital content generator and the owner of the largest database of governance information in Kenya. With over 2 terabytes of governance information on its websites, Mars Group Kenya documents and disseminates information for evidence-based-bottom-up-advocacy and support to civil society.

It has over 8,000 registered subscribers who include individuals in government, the private sector, civil society, media, academia, and the international community. Registration to the web portal is free and in its first year of operation, it achieved over 20 million hits.

The web portal was started with the objective of:
 

• Exposing corruption and profiling leadership in Kenya
• Informing Kenyans of their rights, entitlements, choices, and quality of public services
• Providing tools and information to increase access to and use of available services
• Supporting civil society organizations that strengthen links between communities and policy makers and have a multiplier effect including the Partnership for Change (initiated by Mars Group Kenya)
• Promoting evidence based advocacy with regard to setting National Budget priorities and promoting effective bottom-up demand for accountable use of public funds by public institutions and officers.
• Monitoring the Media and how it reports on Governance issues and events