Built around one idea: a claim should be checkable
A small practice in Nakuru, working entirely with lawful and openly available material.
working with public records
Where Aldevor started
Aldevor grew out of years spent cross-checking company filings, gazette notices and public statements for community reporting projects around Nakuru. What kept coming up wasn't a shortage of information — it was a shortage of clear, repeatable method for turning that information into something a reader could trust and verify.
We started teaching what we had learned: how to trace a relationship between organisations back to its source document, how to confirm a photograph or a claim without overreaching, and how to plan an inquiry so it stays lawful and fair from the first step.
Today that work continues as sessions and advisory support for researchers, journalists, and organisations who want their findings to hold up when someone else goes looking for the same trail.
What guides the work
Source before claim
Nothing goes into a map or report without a document or record behind it. If it can't be sourced, it's labelled as inferred, not stated as fact.
Fairness in sequence
Approaches and right-of-reply steps are planned in order, so no one involved is caught off guard or treated unfairly.
Boundaries in writing
What will and won't be attempted is agreed and documented up front — for us and for anyone we work alongside.
The people behind Aldevor
Njeri Wambugu
Lead Researcher
Kiptoo Langat
Verification Specialist
Adhiambo Otieno
Advisory Lead
If this way of working sounds like what you need, we're glad to talk it through.
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