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Students from Karatina University made a benchmarking visit to KIPPRA on 2nd November 2023. The students who were accompanied by the University faculty members were taken on a tour of the Institute. The students were later taken through KIPPRA’s mandate and the public policy making process by Principal Policy Analyst, Dr Douglas Kivoi. Dr Kivoi […]

A delegation from the Chinese Embassy led by the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya, H.E Zhou Pingjian paid a courtesy call to KIPPRA on 23rd November 2023. The delegation was received by KIPPRA Executive Director Dr Rose Ngugi, Director Economic Management, Dr Eldah Onsomu and Director Corporate Services, Ms Irene Mithia. The delegation was taken through

KIPPRA and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil signed an MOU on mutual areas of collaboration on 26th October 2023 in Nairobi. The signing ceremony of the Mou was attended by the KIPPRA Executive Director Dr Rose Ngugi, President of the Institute of Applied Economic Research, Dr Luciana Mendes Santos Servo who signed

KIPPRA hosted a delegation from the National Defense University- Kenya on a Study visit on 30th November 2o23. The delegation was led by Maj Gen Rashid A. Elmi, MBS ‘ndc’ (k) ‘acsc’(USA) and was received by a team from KIPPRA led by the Director Corporate Service Ms Irene Mithia, Director, DEM, Dr Eldah Onsomu and

KIPPRA held an end-of-year staff party on Thursday, 21st December 2023 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. The guests at the scintillating, all white-themed evening event were the KIPPRA Board, management and staff, the young professionals and interns. The event included staff introductions, introduction of new board members, Jerusalema dance performance by current YPs cohort,

KIPPRA launched its 5th strategic plan and oversaw graduation of 23 young professionals on 21st December 2023 at Safari Park Hotel. The colourful event was presided over by PS, State Department for Economic Planning, Mr James Muhati. The strategic plan 2022/2023-2027/2028, which is aligned to the revised Guidelines for the Preparation of the Fifth Generation

KIPPRA conducted a Stakeholders Validation Workshop on AfCFTA Implementation. The Trade and Foreign Policy Department presented findings from 3 AfCFTA papers that were recently completed. Various Stakeholders from the public sector, private sector and civil society participated in the validation workshop.

KIPPRA signed an MoU with the Nairobi County Executive on Capacity Building of their newly formed Policy and Research department on 13th December 2023. Besides capacity building, other areas of mutual interests include collaborative research across the 10 sectors in NCCE, hosting joint Policy dialogue platforms, EMG conferences, and roundtable discussions. The MoU was signed

KIPPRA Senior Policy Analysts Mr Boaz Munga and Ms Anne Gitonga participated in a stakeholder co-creation workshop on the future of work in the informal economy in Kenya on 14th December 2023. The aim of the workshop, organized by TRANSFORM (Unilever, FCDO & EY), Brink, ProCol Africa, KIPPRA and Busara, is to gain valuable feedback and

KIPPRA held a stakeholder consultative workshop on Kenya Economic Report 2024 on 13th December 2023 in Nairobi. The consultative workshop aimed to gather stakeholder views and insight on the Kenya Economic Report 2024 which is themed Enhancing Productivity for Sustained Inclusive Growth. The stakeholders were drawn from the National and county governments, SAGAs, MDAs and