KCDF Whistleblowing Policy
KCDF and its governing body, the Board of Directors, are committed to promoting and maintaining good corporate governance. This policy is intended to facilitate the smooth functioning of the organisation in an open, transparent, and fair manner by protecting individuals who report misconduct and encouraging them to raise concerns rather than overlook them out of fear of retaliation. This will enable the organisation to investigate misconduct that might otherwise go unaddressed and take timely and appropriate steps to address it.
The following communication channels are available to KCDF staff, grantees, consultants, and any other person or entity for reporting their whistleblowing concerns to KCDF:
a) Primarily through safe.whistleblowing@kcdf.or.ke, which is manned by the HR and Administration Manager, who will share the same with the Executive Director immediately, unless the Executive Director is implicated. If the executive director is implicated, the HR and Admin Manager will escalate the report to the Audit and Risk Chairperson of the Board.
b) If the executive director and/or the HR and Admin Manager are implicated, or if there is perceived inaction by management, the whistleblowing issue may be reported or escalated through the Audit and Risk Committee Chairperson of the Board via safeguarding.whistleblowing@kcdf.or.ke. The issue is thereafter addressed by the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board, and feedback is shared with the whistleblower.
If the Committee determines there is no merit in handling the issue at the board committee level, the matter may be reverted to management through the Executive Director, and thereafter, a case conclusion report is shared back with the board committee and the
whistleblower, but on a need-to-know basis.
Read the full policy HERE
