Background

The Scond Kenya Devolution Support Program (KDSP II)

The Second Kenya Devolution Support program (KDSP II) is a four-year Program that aims to strengthen counties' performance in financing, management, coordination, and accountability for resources.

It is designed to build on the achievements realized under the first phase of the Kenya Devolution Support Program, implemented between 2016-2021.

KDSP II is a crucial initiative that supports a subset of reforms outlined in the Government’s Devolution Sector Plan.

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to “strengthen County performance in the financing, management, coordination, and accountability for resources”, supports a series of key interventions (at the input and output levels) that contribute to intermediate outcomes and, in turn, contribute to outcomes.

To achieve the PDO, the Program is expected to significantly improve outcomes in the participating Counties under three key result areas (KRAs) outlined below:

KRA 1: Sustainable Financing and Expenditure Management. This KRA supports efforts towards enhancing financing and expenditure management by Counties. In this KRA, the National-level activities, supported through investment project financing (IPF), entail the development of frameworks and guidelines for County revenue mobilization, policy to support financing for service delivery units, and structures and tools to support Counties’ institutionalization of shared project management functions.
KRA 2: Intergovernmental Coordination, Institutional Performance, and Human Resource Management. This KRA supports National and County Government initiatives towards strengthening intergovernmental coordination, institutional performance, and Human Resource Management (HRM).
KRA 3: Oversight, Participation, and Accountability. KRA 3 will support improvements in oversight, participation, and accountability. The IPF component will support the development of guidelines on project stocktaking, community-led project management committees, and climate change risk screening and preparedness (including assessment of the climate resilience of existing infrastructure assets).