Daniel KOBEI

Daniel Kobei is the Founder and Executive Director of the Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP), a Kenyan NGO advocating for the land and human rights of Indigenous Peoples. He is an Ogiek, a hunter gatherer community and human rights defender with expertise in indigenous issues. He led the Ogiek to a landmark victory in May 2017 and a reparation judgment in June 2022 against the Kenyan government at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Tanzania. He has extensive knowledge of biodiversity conservation, focusing on traditional knowledge and represents indigenous peoples at national, regional, and international levels.