Line 01 — Introduction
Reading public money the way it was written down
Meraxis trains reporters and researchers in Kenya to work through budgets, procurement notices and audit reports using only what is lawfully published, and to write about it with care.
9
Years running sessions
240+
Reporters trained
47
Counties covered
3
Structured programmes
Line 02 — Mission
What we do, in plain terms
We teach people to read budget documents, procurement records and audit reports as they actually exist, rather than as summaries suggest. All of our methods rely on documents that are already public, requested through the ordinary lawful channels.
- ✓ No unlawful access methods, ever
- ✓ Built around real published documents
- ✓ Suited to county and national beats
Line 03 — Services
Three ways to begin
County Budget Reading Session
A single focused session on reading county budget papers with confidence.
Learn more →Audit Report Interpretation
Working confidently with published audit reports as a documentary source.
Learn more →Public Spending Investigation Programme
A structured, multi-session programme for a full documentary inquiry.
Learn more →Line 04 — Insights
From the notebook
Budget Reading
Following one road project through three financial years
A short walk through how an allocation becomes a disbursement, and where the gaps tend to sit.
Audit Reports
The difference between a query and a finding
Two words that get used interchangeably in copy, and rarely should be.
Procurement
Reading a tender notice like a reporter, not a bidder
What the notice actually promises, and what it leaves for later documents to settle.
Line 05 — Approach
Why we keep it this narrow
- ✓ Every method taught relies on documents anyone can lawfully obtain.
- ✓ We favour precision in figures over dramatic framing.
- ✓ Offices are given fair time to respond before findings are written up.
- ✓ Training is paced around your own beat and material.
If public spending is part of your beat, this may be worth an hour of your time.
Start a conversationLine 06 — Testimony
What past participants say
"I had quoted audit reports for years without reading the annexes properly. That changed after two sessions."
Wanjiru Mbogo
County desk, Machakos
"The evidence matrix from the programme is now something I reuse on every long story."
Odhiambo Kariithi
Freelance reporter
"Calm, methodical, and honest about what the documents can and cannot tell you."
Naliaka Chebet
Newsroom trainer
Line 07 — Questions
Common questions
Line 08 — Contact
Send us a note
Write in with a little about your beat and what you're hoping to work through. There is no obligation attached to asking.