Kenya
Just Transition in Plastic Governance
Guide for local and national decision-makers This brief provides practical guidance for authorities seeking to improve plastic regulation and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) implementation. Based on evidence from Mombasa, Kenya, it shows how governance arrangements that engage waste pickers can reduce plastic leakage, improve environmental and health outcomes, and strengthen the cost-effectiveness of public action,…
Brand Audits
A tool for local governments to foster a just and plastic-free transition County governments carry the costs of plastic pollution but lack the tools to enforce producer accountability. Brand audits provide a cost-effective, citizen-led method to support EPR enforcement. Participatory audits strengthen local democracy, transparency, and inclusion of waste pickers. Institutionalizing brand audits can advance…
Designing participation for better health outcomes
What Local Governments Can Learn from Participatory Budgeting in Kenya Participatory budgeting is widely promoted as a way to strengthen local democracy, but evidence on its effects on concrete development outcomes – especially health – remains limited. This policy brief summarises findings from a randomised controlled trial in rural Kenya that tested three forms of…
Towards a Just Transition in Plastic Governance: Grassroots Waste Pickers, Participatory Spaces, and Environmental Democracy in Kenya
This study draws on the case of Mombasa county, Kenya, to examine the participatory spaces through which grassroots waste pickers engage local government and the implications for a just transition in plastic governance. Using environmental democracy and grassroots innovation frameworks, the analysis extends Gaventa’s typology of invited and created spaces by introducing co-created spaces emerging…
Norrköping och Arvika förbättrar kenyansk vatten- och avfallshantering
Två nya ansökningar för demokratisamarbeten har nyligen beviljats via oss på ICLD.Det är Norrköping och Arvika kommun som nu får möjlighet att tillsammans med kenyanska partnerkommuner bygga vidare på sina erfarenheter från tidigare ICLD projekt. Norrköping samarbetar med kommunerna Embu och Homa Bay County och Arvika med Nakuru & Kwale County. Arbetet fokuserar på gemensamma samhällsutmaningar…
Designing Local Democracy for Health: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on Public Participation in Kenya
Participatory governance mechanisms, particularly participatory budgeting (PB), aim to give citizens a direct role in public spending decisions. While celebrated globally, evidence of their real-world impact, especially in low-income settings is limited. Study Design We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, assigning 200 villages to one of three PB formats: consultation,…
Equitable Healthcare Provision in a Resource-constrained Setting
This case scenario from Homa Bay County, Kenya, illustrates efforts by a local government to provide equitable healthcare to its citizens during limited resources being scrambled for by all government sectors. These challenges, combined with a high disease burden, contributes to a low quality of life in the County.The purpose of this scenario is to…
Norrköping – Embu County & Homa Bay County, Kenya
Project: Women empowerment and technical services, Norrköping-G7 Norrköpings kommun har samarbetat med Uasin Gishu County i Kenya under flera år inom ramen för det kommunala partnerskapet NORELD. Med utgångspunkt i detta etablerade samarbete har ett nytt inceptionsprojekt initierats i syfte att förbereda för fortsatt och fördjupad samverkan. Under 2024 genomfördes gemensamma aktiviteter i samverkan med…
Arvika – Nakuru & Kwale County, Kenya
Project: Empowerment within technical services, Arvika – G7 Arvika kommun etablerade ett kommunalt partnerskap med Uasin Gishu County i Kenya år 2019. Under slutfasen av detta samarbete identifierades möjligheter att sprida projektets resultat till ytterligare län i Kenya. Med stöd av projektkonsulten Business in Progress etablerades kontakt med Council of Governors (CoG) samt G7 Women…
Climate Resilience and Migration among Maasai Pastoralists in Laikipia County, Kenya
This study investigates climate resilience and migration among Maasai pastoralists in Laikipia County, Kenya, addressing the urgent challenges posed by climate change to ecosystem-dependent livelihoods. Despite growing interest, qualitative studies linking climate impacts to human mobility outcomes among pastoralist communities remain limited. Drawing on climate resilience theory and climate-induced mobility concepts, the research used qualitative…
