Michael Njenga

Michael Njenga works as a Regional Mental Health Advisor – Africa for CBM Global. He is also an Executive Council Member of the Commonwealth Disabled People Forum. Michael is a member of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in Kenya (USP-K) and serves in an advisory capacity. Mr. Njenga has completed a fellowship with the International Disability Alliance (IDA). As a person with a psychosocial disability, he is passionate about advocating for the right to legal capacity and inclusive society where all persons with disabilities enjoy all their human rights. Michael has extensive knowledge in inclusive development, legal harmonization, advocacy, and monitoring the implementation of the CRPD. He has worked extensively on Article 12 of the CRPD, having been part of a technical committee that developed a briefing paper on Article 12 of the CRPD with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and conducted research on legal capacity on behalf of Validity Foundation, formerly the Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC).

Mr. Njenga is also a lead trainer in the BRIDGE CRPD/SDG capacity-building program. This is a capacity development initiative between the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC).