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The document summarizes a one-day consultative workshop held on August 8, 2008, in Nairobi, organized by the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Institute for Security Studies. The event brought together approximately 40 participants from government, security agencies, academia, and civil society to evaluate the role of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in addressing security governance deficits in Kenya. Key discussions focused on the 2007 general election violence, the role of militia groups like Mungiki, and the reactions of law enforcement agents. The workshop produced several recommendations to strengthen the APRM process, including making questionnaires more incisive, integrating the mechanism into national planning, improving outreach to citizens and the political class, and implementing explicit sanctions for non-compliance instead of 'name-and-shame' tactics.