In 2017, Kenya passed the Powers and Privileges Act, a landmark law that established a code of conduct for members through the oversight of a legislative Powers and Privileges Committee. Since then, under the leadership of Speaker Justin Muturi, the National Assembly has worked to codify practices on ethics and integrity measures for members and staff of the institution. Ethics frameworks promote the integrity of the legislative institution by ensuring members and staff do not exploit their position for personal advantage.

NDI’s Political Party Strengthening Institute (PPSI) was established in 2014 to bring together senior party leaders from across Southern Africa to foster greater inclusiveness, peer-to-peer learning and collaboration with the goal of enhancing engagement between political parties and constituents. Since its inception, NDI has successfully organized five institutes over its five year period with participation from the top-three vote earning political parties in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.

The World Health Organization estimates 15 to 20 percent of the world’s population (approximately one billion people) as having a disability. Persons with disabilities are the world’s largest minority group and more than 80 percent of the world’s persons with disabilities live in developing and post-conflict countries. The disability community remains largely excluded from public life and is underrepresented in parliaments and political parties, limiting their ability to directly engage in decisions that impact their lives.

On October 22nd, 2019, the National Democratic Institute awarded comedian Trevor Noah with the Leadership in Democracy Award at NDI's annual Democracy Gala. With a focus on honoring the role humor plays in democracy, the dinner brought together over 460 democracy activists, members of Congress, labor and non-profit organizations, corporate supporters and members of the administration to celebrate humor as a vital form of free speech.