View materials describing and analyzing Kenya’s national budget process, budget presentation, budget legislation, and budget allocations and expenditures as well as IBP Kenya media statements and media coverage.
Research and Analysis
2018
- Kenya: National and County Government Implementation of the Budget in 2016/17 (August 2018)
- How Equitable Was the Distribution of National Roads and Water Projects in 2016/17? (January 2018)
2017
- Are the Taps Dry? Cash Flow in Kenya and the Implications for National and County Spending (August 2017)
- 2016/17 Budget Implementation in Kenya: Improving Performance, Continuing Transparency Challenges (July 2017)
- What do Kenya’s Budget Implementation Reports Tell Us about National Government Spending in 2015/16? (April 2017)
- In Search of Adequate Public Reasons in Kenya’s Budget Documents (January 2017)
2016
- Kenya: Are Sector Working Groups an Effective Mechanism for Public Participation? (December 2016)
- IBP Kenya’s analysis of the 2016 National Budget Review and Outlook Paper (December 2016)
- How Do Kenyans Prioritize at the Sector Level? Comparing Public and Government Preferences (November 2016)
- Kenya: Analysis of the 2016/17 National Budget Estimates (June 2016)
- What Does the 2015/2016 Supplementary Budget Say About Kenya’s Priorities? (Brief, April 2016)
- Deliberating Budgets: How Public Deliberation Can Move Us Beyond the Public Participation Rhetoric (Paper, February 2016)
- How to Read and Use a Budget Policy Statement and a County Fiscal Strategy Paper (Guide, February 2016)
- IBP Kenya’s analysis of the the 2016 Budget Policy Statement (February 2016)
- IBP Kenya’s analysis of the 2015 National Budget Review and Outlook Paper (January 2016)
Resources and Tools
2017
Deliberating Budgets: Tools and Examples
These videos capture highlights of budget deliberation demonstrations organized by IBP Kenya in Isiolo, Mombasa, and Nakuru counties. Additional videos include information on how to facilitate a budget deliberation demonstration, how to help citizens think about budget tradeoffs, and additional resources.
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2016
May 2016 National Budget Forum
During the week of May 9, 2016, civil society organizations and citizens convened to discuss Kenya’s 2016/17 National Budget Estimates and to prepare a memorandum for Parliament’s Budget and Appropriations Committee. Download related documents and presentations:
- Civil Society Views on Kenya’s 2016/17 Budget Estimates (Memorandum, May 2016)
- National Program Based Budget: Past Challenges and Way Forward for 2016/17 (IBP Kenya presentation, May 2016)
- Reflecting on Government Priorities in Kenya’s 2016/17 Budget (IBP Kenya presentation, May 2016)
- Analysis of Kenya’s Budget Allocations to the Education Sector for 2016/17 (Development Initiatives presentation, May 2016)
- Analysis of Kenya’s Budget Allocations to the Agriculture, Rural, and Urban Development Sector for 2016/17 (Hakijamii presentation, May 2016)