Peter Ouko


Peter Ouko Founder and Executive Director of an anti-crime advocacy not-for profit in Kenya, the Youth Safety Awareness Initiative, lead of Social Justice at the Karen Vineyard Church and Board member of Amnesty International Kenya was the first inmate in Kenya to study law while wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He founded Crime Si Poa, while on death row in Kenya’s Kamiti Maximum-Security Prison. He earned his law diploma through a distance learning program, from the University of London International Program where he is currently finishing his studies. Ouko was released after 18 years behind bars on October 2016 on Presidential pardon by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. He speaks on governance, corporate resilience, criminal justice, penal reforms and social enterprise.