The Kenyan government has made important progress in establishing specific social protection, economic empowerment and education programmes that directly support persons with disabilities. However, funding to some programmes has either reduced or remained over the recent fiscal years. This may limit the scope of the programmes that directly benefit persons with disabilities.
The report, produced under Development Initiatives’ disability inclusion research, analyzes Kenya’s government budget allocations to disability-focused programs between fiscal year 2016 to 2017 and fiscal year 2020 to 2021. It examines national-level ministries and agencies—particularly Social Protection, the Office of the President, Early Learning and Basic Education, and Vocational and Technical Training. Due to data constraints, the study concentrates on the education and social protection sectors only.
