Jane Weru is a lawyer by profession and holds a Master’s degree in NGO Management from the London School of Economics. She is the Executive Director and a founding member of Akiba Mashinani Trust (AMT), a non-profit organization working to develop innovative, community-led solutions to housing and land tenure challenges faced by the urban poor in Kenya.

With over 30 years of experience, Jane has facilitated multi-stakeholder partnerships aimed at addressing the needs of marginalized urban communities. She has played a key role in numerous public interest litigations to prevent forced evictions and violent demolitions, while also influencing policy processes to safeguard the land tenure rights of people living in informal settlements.