RPSKe members gathered by a waterfall after a forest walk

Registered society, Nairobi, since 2017

There is life after renal disease.

RPSKe is run by patients. We walk together, sit in policy rooms, hold each other's hand and stay on the phone when dialysis or a transplant gets hard.

Join the society Karura walk, first Saturday

264 members
47 counties
Ksh 200 a month

Members after a Karura walk

From the walks and the meetings

Walkers in Kidney Health For All shirts on a forest path — Karura path, Kidney Health For All

John Gikonyo walking in a city health procession — Nairobi procession

John Gikonyo with a colleague beside a DKL blood-drop poster — Visit with DKL

John Gikonyo with a delegate at the NCD forum in Kigali — NCD Alliance Forum, Kigali

John Gikonyo speaking at the Global NCD Alliance Forum — Speaking in Kigali, February 2025

John Gikonyo beside the kidney guidelines workshop banner — Kidney guidelines workshop

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What the society does

Peer circles. WhatsApp groups and the Karura walk, Gate A, Limuru Road, 8:30 AM, every first Saturday.
Policy. Renal cover under SHA, CKD in the national NCD plan, and a patient seat on the Kenya guideline review.
Tests. Screening camps with Cerba Lancet Kenya: creatinine, eGFR, and urine checks.

John Gikonyo beside the Kidney Disease Guidelines Development Workshop banner — World Kidney Day awareness activities at Kenyatta National Hospital and The Nairobi West Hospital, promoting kidney health, early screening, and prevention.

Dates

When	What
1st Saturday	Karura Forest walk. Free for members. Two routes, water, blood pressure check.
March	World Kidney Day. Screening booths and a petition.
6 June	World Transplant Day.
13 August	World Organ Donation Day.
17 September	World Patient Safety Day.

Full calendar

John Gikonyo

After my transplant in 2015 I started this society so nobody sits in a dialysis chair thinking the story is already over.

Founder and president. Pictured at the Global NCD Alliance Forum, Kigali, February 2025.