Al-Amin Kimathi (Babu)
Founder & Executive Director
Human-rights activist, Muslim community leader and environmentalist. Decades of work on justice and accountability in Kenya now directed at heritage, land and climate.
Team & partners
Heritage work is a relay, not a solo run.
Utu Heritage runs with coordinators in the field, creatives who draw culture into permanence, and publishers who keep the record public and dated.
Our team
The people doing the work
John Maigua
Coordinator, Utu na Mazingira
Leads the environmental initiative: restoration sites, indigenous nurseries, school clubs and the three-year monitoring of every tree planted.
Christopher Sanya
Project Coordinator & Agricultural Engineer
Agricultural engineer running Utu Kilimo's demonstration plots — water discipline, soils, propagation and post-harvest handling.
Cynthia
Personal Assistant to the Founder
Coordinates the founder's field programme, partner engagements and the agency's day-to-day scheduling.
Vera
Programmes Officer
Supports programme delivery across Utu Kilimo and community forums, including field logistics and participant records.
Wairimu Kamangara
Marketing & Outreach
Builds the agency's public voice — campaigns, partnerships and the community networks that carry our stories further.
Faith Njambi
Founder, Dursty Arts — creative arts partner
Artist and founder of Dursty Arts, drawing culture to preserve it and training young creatives in heritage-led work.
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Makena Brandon
Founder, Discussion Publishers — publishing partner
Author and publisher. Discussion Publishers and African Heritage News document and sponsor Utu Heritage's story work.
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Partners
Discussion Publishers
Publishing partner and sponsor of Utu Heritage's story work — books, research publishing and the editorial backbone behind our documentation.
discussionpublishers.com
African Heritage News
An arm of Discussion Publishers and the newsroom that covers every Utu Heritage field visit, forum and launch.
ahnews.co.ke
Discussion Publishers Dictionary
A reference platform we use in language work — a natural home for endangered-language wordlists such as Yaakunte.
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Creative arts partner. Dursty artists draw and paint culture into permanence, turning oral heritage into images communities can keep.
durstyarts.makenabrandon.infoMakena BrandonMakena Brandon
Author and founder of Discussion Publishers. His books and essays sit behind much of the intellectual framing of our heritage work.
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