Terms and Conditions

Last updated: April 2026

Who these terms apply to

These terms govern your use of mulembenation.co.ke and all its subsites, operated by Lwandaz Tales Media, Nairobi, Kenya. By using the site, you accept these terms.

Content on this site

All original content published on Mulembe Nation, including articles, analysis, index scores, data visualisations, and methodology documentation, is the intellectual property of Lwandaz Tales Media unless otherwise stated. You may share and quote our content for non-commercial purposes provided you attribute Mulembe Nation clearly and link to the original source. You may not republish substantial portions of our content without written permission. You may not use our content to train machine learning models without written agreement. For licensing: partnerships@mulembenation.co.ke

Index data and scores

The Mulembe Nation indices are proprietary analytical outputs of Lwandaz Tales Media. Index data may be used for personal research, journalism, and non-commercial academic purposes with attribution. Commercial use requires a data licensing agreement. Index scores are analytical outputs, not financial or legal advice. Lwandaz Tales Media accepts no liability for decisions made on the basis of index scores.

For licensing: partnerships@mulembenation.co.ke

Data and knowledge submissions

When you submit data, documents, linguistic material, genealogical records, or other content to Mulembe Nation, you grant Lwandaz Tales Media a non-exclusive licence to use, publish, and incorporate that submission into our indices and editorial content, subject to the following: you retain ownership of your submission; we will credit you unless you request anonymity; we will not publish your identity without your consent; we will not commercially licence community-contributed cultural or traditional knowledge without your specific documented consent; you may withdraw a submission at any time before publication.

Submissions of traditional knowledge and cultural heritage are additionally governed by the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Whistleblower submissions

Documents submitted to lab@mulembenation.co.ke for investigative purposes are handled under strict source protection protocols. We do not disclose the identity of whistleblower sources. We advise anyone considering a sensitive submission to seek independent legal advice first.

Comments and user content

Comments are moderated. We remove comments that are defamatory, abusive, constitute harassment, contain personal identifying information about third parties, or are clearly spam. We are not liable for unmoderated comment content.

Accuracy and liability

We make every effort to ensure accuracy. We do not warrant that the site is error-free. We are not liable for any loss arising from reliance on content published on the site, including index scores, governance assessments, or place data.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Kenya. Disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Kenya.

Changes

We may update these terms. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance. Contact: editorial@mulembenation.co.ke