Join us for a talk with Bonfas Owinga, City University London, on her most recent research paper, and Dr Fred Okoth Mudhai (CGHR Research Associate; Coventry University) as the discussant. This paper uses qualitative data obtained from both Kenya and Zambia to analyse the three fold dilemma facing advocacy groups: re-defining their role in the new political dispensation; crafting new tactics and strategies for articulating demands that would contribute to democratic consolidation; and developing a new relationship with the new democratic state. It will examine how these challenges have impacted on the role of these groups in the process of democratic consolidation in both Kenya and Zambia.