Previous Events

The public debt debate in Kenya has gained a lot of interest in the recent past owing to the view that the public debt has now exceeded the 60% of the GDP mark. Both policy makers and citizens have questioned the issue of sustainability of public debt which seems to be growing by day. While it is evident that most of the public debt is used to finance infrastructural projects some of it still finance recurrent expenses. Based on Afrobarometer data and other existing data sets, we seek to address the following key questions:

Like most developing countries today, Kenya is promoting climate change adaptation or policies to counter climate change effects. However, there is little information on how citizens are being integrated into these efforts and knowledge of their vulnerabilities to climate change. In this seminar, we share the Afrobarometer survey findings on changing perceptions in a changing climate across time. We seek to address the following questions:

Even though most Kenyans have consistently preferred a democratic government, it remains unclear whether democracy works for them. This seminar shares Afrobarometer survey findings on Kenya's democracy when democracy is going through a rebound globally. It seeks to answer the following: