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European Union Ambassador signed grant to transfer €5 million to assist 80,000 vulnerable Kenyans in ceremony moderated by Waihiga Mwaura

THIS Thursday, June 11, 2020, European Union Ambassador for Kenya, Simon Mordue signed a €5 Million grant that will enable a consortium of NGOs to provide cash transfers to 80,000 vulnerable Kenyans who have lost their income sources due to COVID-19. Grant applicants Oxfam in Kenya, The Kenyan Red...

Denmark providing DKK 20 million for cash transfers to food-insecure families and SGBV survivors in Mombasa informal settlements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAST week, The Royal Danish Embassy in Nairobi signed a DKK 20 Million (KES 310 million) grant to provide cash transfers to 40,000 vulnerable Kenyans in Mombasa and Nairobi informal settlements. The cash transfers will be disbursed monthly, for three months, via MPESA to...

The Kenya Community Baseline Survey to Inform OXFAM's NORAD II Grant

Increased public participation, expanded civil society space, stronger community capacities, and the consciousness for good governance and human rights, are core pre-requisites for sustained improvement in livelihoods for poor and marginalized individuals and groups. These are pillars for effective...

Tabitha Mwikali, 36, a domestic worker hanging clothes for her employer in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya. 2016

Gendered Patterns Of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements Of Nairobi, Kenya.

Oxfam in Kenya through its Women’s Rights Programme commissioned a Household Care Survey (HCS) between October 2018 and March 2019. The objective of the survey was to understand how Unpaid Care and Domestic Work (UCDW) impacts men and women, boys and girls at the household level, targeting five...

A Year of Shocks and Reflections for Kenya’s Oil and Gas Industry

The first half of 2020 has been brutal to the oil and gas industry in Kenya. First came the news that the joint venture partners of Kenya’s first oil development project - Tullow and Total - had launched a joint sale of their stakes in Project Oil Kenya. Then came the C OVID -19 pandemic, and the...

A cash transfer helped Evans feed his family after losing his job to Covid-19

Evans Momanyi Mugambi is a 32-year-old father of four. He lives with his spouse and young children in Kibera. Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, Mugambi used to work as a driver – transporting commercial goods and personal parcels for clientele who have since dissapeared. “The coronavirus has...

Innovations aiding rapid emergency response

saving lives and in the future

Aaron Macheso, Reuben Baptist primary school, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo Credit: Allan Gichigi / Oxfam

The Fresh Life Toilets for Safe Sanitation in Schools

Addressing the sanitation crisis in informal settlements by working with schools and local communities to provide adequate toilet facilities as well as hygiene education.

Making extractive industries audit reports publicly accessible.

By Gilbert Makore. Supreme Audit Institutions as Custodians of Finite Extractive Resources. Mining, oil and gas resources have the potential to significantly contribute to countries’ socio-economic development. Socio-economic benefits stream in through taxes, a share of the revenues and economic...

Operational levies affecting Rebecca's business

Programme Information The informal sector in Kenya plays a significant role in the economy and is said to account for close to 50% of GDP. The Government of Kenya has been seeking ways to broaden the tax base and consequently net in those operating in the informal economy. However, there are still...