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Investing in Social Protection as a Bridge to a Just Transition

Social protection is generally defined as a set of instruments that cushions individuals from socioeconomic vulnerabilities, risks, shocks, crises and unexpected disruptions throughout their…

Cash Safety-Nets could protect the lives of millions of food insecure Kenyans, if adopted widely

Levi Mungai Gikandi

In April, most families living in informal settlements in Nairobi were only able to afford one quarter of the food they needed, according to a rapid food insecurity assessment conducted by the Urban…

The lack civil identity documents as an obstacle to the fight against poverty and inequality

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Yusra Mohammed,14, dressed as a doctor, takes part in an Oxfam promotion campaign to promote Sanergy Fresh Life toilets in the Mukuru informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 28, 2014. Photo Credit: Sam Tarling

Finding durable solutions to Urban Vulnerability issues in Kenya

Sumananjali Mohanty

As humanitarian and disaster management actors in Kenya prepared to reduce the humanitarian impact of an impending El Nino - a change in the atmosphere and ocean of the tropical Pacific region that…

Oil rig in Turkana. Photo Credit: Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas Report

Increased transparency and information will help manage expectations in oil and gas sector in East Africa

Charles Wanguhu, Coordinator, Kenya Platform on Oil and Gas Platform (KCSPOG)

KCSPOG launch of an analysis on “Potential revenues from Turkana oil” from the Turkana proposed oil development.

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