is a  Public Benefit Organization established, managed, and led by Indigenous people from the drylands of Kenya.

A well-respected Kenyan policy think tank. We identify, analyse, link and present key community concerns to government institutions for action.

Thematic focus areas include peace and security, pastoralism and livestock, land and natural resources, gender, youth, emerging social issues such as technology, and basic services—education, health, and water—as well as human capital and infrastructure in pastoralist areas.

DLCI has a unique role as the Secretariat of the Pastoralist Parliament Group (PPG), a parliamentary caucus representing over ten million people from 15 counties and sixty-six constituencies, which cover 80% of Kenya’s landmass, approximately 470,000 square kilometres.