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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...

Report on Community Perceptions Tracker

The Community Perception Tracker (CPT) is an approach that uses a mobile tool to enable staff to capture, analyze and understand the perceptions of communities during disease outbreaks. CPT’s objectives are to better document on-going context, to swiftly and timely adapt our programming, to...

‘Raising the Social Protection Floor’ Conference Report

The ‘Raising the Social Protection Floor’ dialogue sought to discuss how best to support the Kenyan government’s Social Protection programmes and strengthen partnerships between the government and civil society, development partners, the UN system and the private sector. The multi-stakeholder...

“When we sell we eat, when we don't we sleep hungry.”

“It's been challenging because we are still living. We are still using water. We are still living in our house, so the rent days keep adding up.” - Mildred Lucia Lucia Mildred The COVID-19 Pandemic has made life difficult for businesswoman and mother of 4, Lucia Mildred | Photo by Brian Otieno/...

COVID-19, Cancer & Hunger: The daily adversities of family man Albert Otieno

“I tell you, I've never believed that I could not do anything, or that anything could defeat me. So I tried anything that would make money because I have two children, I have a wife, I have rent I have to pay. I have responsibilities.” - Albert Otieno Albert Otieno 32-year-old security system...

Beatrice Mbendo (right) and her eldest daughter (left) | Photo by Sven Torfinn | Oxfam Novib

Mother & Domestic Worker Beatrice Mbendo's Testimony - Part I

Beatrice Mbendo | Photo by Sven Torfinn / Oxfam Novib Beatrice Mbendo sits among other unemployed domestic workers in Nairobi desperately seeking work | Photo by Sven Torfinn / Oxfam Novib “Stone lady”…This is the name used to describe women mostly from informal settlements who sit on stones in...

Innovations aiding rapid emergency response

saving lives and in the future

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...