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Edit Press release Urgent Call for Debt Relief, Transparency and Accountability in Management of COVID-19 Emergency Funds to Ensure they Respond to the Needs of the People Affected

Download Full Report: CSO Urgent Call for Debt Relief Transparency.pdf CSO Urgent Call for Debt Relief Transparency.pdf 247.31 KB To: Amb. Ukur Yatani, Cabinet Secretary National Treasury and Planning Mr. Benedict Clement,s Mission Chief for Kenya, International Monetary Fund Mr. Tobias Rasmussen,...

Shadrack helping his wife on household chores.

Oxfam Kenya partners with Media for Effective Reporting on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work.

Nairobi, Kenya - Oxfam in Kenya hosted a media breakfast on 13th February 2020 to sensitize the media on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). UCDW is a social good and a driver of economic growth. It is estimated that it contributes USD 10 trillion to the global economy every year but it remains...

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

Oxfam Kenya new report provides key findings and recommendations on unpaid care and domestic work.

Nairobi, Kenya 5th December 2019 – Oxfam in Kenya today will launch a household care survey report on the gendered patterns of unpaid care and domestic work in five urban informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Oxfam in Kenya through its Women’s Rights Programme commissioned a Household Care Survey...

Residents walk under trees in Turkana, a remote region in western Kenya undergoing major oil exploration and extraction (Kieran Doherty / Oxfam Great Britain).

Oxfam Kenya recommends effective government audits of petroleum costs.

Nairobi, Kenya 25th September - Oxfam in Kenya has launched the Kenya Case Study on Petroleum Cost Auditing. The case study is part of an Oxfam report - 'Examining The Crude Details: Government Audits of Oil and Gas Project Costs to Maximize Revenues'. The report comes at a time when Kenya is...

Securing Communities’ Right to ‘Free Prior and Informed’ Consent in Kenya’s Extractive Sector

Extractive resources, when well-managed, have the potential to trigger broad based socio-economic transformation as they often result in windfall revenues and other economic benefits such as jobs and support for industrialisation. When these resources are poorly managed, they often result in socio-...