With this report, ActionAid Kenya analyses the current investment patterns/priorities of local budgets in Kenya and provide alternative models of investment for local and/or county governments in...
As dust settles on Kenya’s General election, the county governments are slowly taking shape. For ActionAid it is a new dawn, a new era, an opportunity to do things differently and maximize on our...
Strengthening Community Livelihoods is a five year programme funded by the Government of Australia through Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
The ActionAid partner-organisation, Women’s Political Alliance Kenya (WPA) works to ensure gender balance in decision-making and new laws. Caren Gesare Oginda is coordinating the work and ensuring...
A few hundred Muslim women have their arms in the air as they sing, "Sophia is our leader." Men are standing in the background talking quietly. Sophia Abdi Noor has come to Ijara in Northeastern...
I find myself lost between a rock and a hard place when I have to articulate issues’ regarding the youth. Being a youth in this generation comes with a lot of opportunities and challenges but in a...
One year ago, Kenya among other countries in the horn of Africa was affected by the worst drought in 60 years. Suddenly we needed to scale up our emergency response. We identified an urgent need to...
This report by Tax Justice Network-Africa and ActionAid shows that tax incentives reduce revenues available to fight poverty. Kenya’s revenue losses from tax incentives and exemptions – as much as...
She was a victim of the food crisis that threatened the lives of millions of people across East Africa a year ago. To her, help came in time and she survived. I have met six-year-old Sadia Abdullah,...
