Epuka Ugaidi is non-governmental, youth-based civil society organization based in Nairobi, established in 2015 at the peak of radicalization and recruitment into the outlawed AlShabaab terrorist organization.

Starting off as an online engagement platform to counter violent extremist narratives used to target online audiences, Epuka Ugaidi has since managed to incorporate both virtual and physical approaches in preventing and countering violent extremism.

The plague of physical and online radicalization into violent extremist organizations hit Kenya decades ago and in the face of several terrorist attacks...