Wajibika Ujibike:
Take Responsibility. Get Answers.
Young people often demand better leadership, services, and opportunities—but meaningful change also requires citizens to examine their own responsibilities.
Wajibika Ujibike encourages young people and the wider public to move from simply asking “What is government doing for me?” to asking “What am I doing, and what am I prepared to do?”
The Challenge
Citizens Cannot Demand Change Without Taking Responsibility
Young people often demand better leadership and services while remaining disconnected from the civic responsibilities that give them a voice. Wajibika Ujibike addresses this gap by challenging citizens to first understand their role, exercise their rights, and take responsibility before demanding accountability from others.
What We Did
Turning Civic Awareness Into Personal Responsibility
Through civic conversations, creative engagement, and community activities, Wajibika Ujibike encourages young people and the wider public to examine their own participation in governance.
The initiative explores practical questions around voting, participation, accountability, leadership, and community responsibility, helping citizens understand that meaningful change requires more than demanding answers, it requires being prepared to participate.
What Changed
From Demanding Change to Taking Part in It
The initiative challenges citizens to move beyond criticism and recognise their own role in creating accountable communities.
Young people are encouraged to register, participate, ask informed questions, engage leaders, and take responsibility for the change they want to see.
The impact
Building More Responsible Citizens
Greater Civic Awareness
Young people better understand their rights, responsibilities, and role in governance.
More Meaningful Participation
Citizens are encouraged to actively engage rather than remain spectators
Better Questions
Communities are equipped to approach leaders with informed and constructive demands.
Shared Accountability
The initiative reinforces that responsive government requires responsible citizens.
Why This Matters
You Cannot Build Accountable Government Without Accountable Citizens
Wajibika Ujibike reframes citizenship from waiting for leaders to deliver change to recognising that citizens have a role in creating it.
When people understand their responsibilities, participate meaningfully, and demand answers from a position of knowledge and action, accountability becomes a shared responsibility not something demanded from government alone.