Reference 010 · About

The room behind the catalogue

Why Lurevion exists, what it holds by, and the people who keep the shelves in order.

6+ years

Reference 011 · Origin

Where this started

Lurevion began with a small observation: much of what reporters spend weeks chasing is already sitting on a public shelf somewhere, waiting to be requested and read properly. The gap wasn't access so much as a working method for finding, requesting and interpreting the documents that public bodies already release.

We started by sitting with individual reporters over specific documents — a county budget here, an audit report there — and building out a repeatable method from what actually worked. That method became the sessions we now hold.

We're based in Kisii and work with reporters across Kenya's counties, in person where possible and remotely where it isn't.

Shelf D

What we hold to

Proper channels first

We teach reporters to request documents openly and courteously, rather than reach for shortcuts that undermine trust or the record itself.

Measured, not rushed

Reading a document well takes longer than skimming it. We build in the time that careful reading actually needs.

Something you keep

Every session leaves behind a written directory, checklist or tracker — material that outlasts the conversation.

Reference 012 · Staff

The people at the desk

Wanjiru Kamotho

FOUNDING FACILITATOR

Barasa Nyongesa

RECORDS RESEARCH LEAD

Chepkoech Sang

PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

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