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KIPPRA Holds a Roundtable Breakfast Meeting to Discuss Implications of Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

KIPPRA held a roundtable breakfast meeting on 24th February 2021 with stakeholders from public and private institutions to discuss the implications of Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Kenya. The roundtable brought together representatives from ICT Authority, Kenya Association of Manufacturers ( KAM), National Council for Persons with Disability(NCPWDs) and The Association of Professional […]

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KIPPRA Takes Mentorship Programme To Kisii University

KIPPRA organized a two-day KIPPRA Mentorship Programme for Universities (KMPUs) event from 18th to 19th February 2021 at Kisii University Main Campus. The event aimed at sensitizing students on Kenya’s development agenda and the public policy making process. Moreover, the programme is also meant to support researchers in universities to prioritize their research so that

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KIPPRA Ranked Second Top Think Tank in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) has been ranked second top think tank in Sub-Saharan Africa by the Global Go-To Think Tank Index Report 2020. The report is an annual document produced by the Think Tank and Civil Societies Programme (TTSCP) of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.  The

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Pakistan High Commissioner to Kenya Visits KIPPRA

Pakistan High Commissioner to Kenya H.E Ms. Saqlain Syedah paid a courtesy call on KIPPRA Executive Director Dr Rose Ngugi on 13th January, 2021. Discussions centred around areas of collaboration and partnership between KIPPRA and Think Tanks in Pakistan, specifically the Institute of Strategic Studies of Pakistan. The High Commissioner promised to facilitate the signing of

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Empowering Women through Information: Strengthening the Implementation of Access to Information Laws

Unempowered women are unable to fully participate in socioeconomic activities and fully take advantage of public facilities such as healthcare (inclusive of family planning), education, loans, security, subsidized farm inputs etc. The right to access to information promotes good governance as it enables citizens to understand policies; it allows citizens to determine public priorities from

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Cancer as a Non-Communicable Disease and the Status of Cancer Control in Kenya

Introduction The concept of epidemiological transition of mortality and cause of death dates back to the neolithic age. Omran in 1971 divided the manifestation of the phenomena into three phases. The first phase of The Age of Pestilence and Famine is characterized by an increase in infectious diseases, malnutrition and high mortality. This is followed by The Age

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