accountability

K enya’s GDP has been growing at more than 5% for most of the past decade.1 This growth has however not been translating into reduced poverty with an estimated 17 million Kenyans still living below the international poverty line of USD $ 1.90 a day.2 In addition to this, the inequality gap in Kenya...

The Government of Kenya is committed to providing universal coverage of quality health services to its population without subjecting them to financial hardship. This requires a substantial increase in public spending. However, fiscal resources have become increasingly scarce. Greater value for...

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...

Oxfam in Kenya annual report highlights some of the key results achieved in 2018–2019 through our work with different partners in the four main thematic areas. That includes; Women rights, tax justice, natural resources and humanitarian systems strengthening.

Oxfam in Kenya’s work on governance and accountability seeks to address the root causes of poverty and inequalities in Kenya by tackling the linked problems of poor governance, specifically tax inequality and the shrinking civic space.

Oxfam aims to ensure women, men and youth in poor and marginalized communities secure their rights to access, control, own and benefit equitably from the exploitation of land, extractive resources and other natural resources in the areas they live.