September 8, 2022

Kenya has 9 arid counties out of the 47 counties. These are Garissa, Mandera, Isiolo, Marsabit, Baringo, Turkana, Tana River, Samburu and Wajir. The arid counties are characterized by severe living conditions, with little annual rainfall of between 150 and 550 millimeters and high temperatures. Extreme weather patterns have had devastating impact on the livelihoods

Kenya’s stock of public debt as of May 2022 stood at Ksh 8,563.8 billion, up from Ksh 7,485.9 billion reported in May 2021. The ratio of domestic debt to external debt changed from 56:44 reported in May 2013 to 50:50 in May 2022. As a percentage of GDP, the debt stock increased from 64.5 per

Kenya is a signatory to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015), whose key objective is to limit global warming to below 2 or preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius. This calls for transitioning to clean energy by countries, and Kenya is on the path to 100 per cent transitioning by 2030. Renewable energy accounts for more