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Strategic Area: Goal 1 - Grassroots movement, Goal 2 - Leadership and Governance
Policy Dialogue
GROOTS Kenya has been part of the policy dialogue initiative since 2014. Over this period, GROOTS has been able to influence County governments in the dairy and potato sector at the national and county levels. GROOTS Kenya is implemented in Kiambu and Nyandarua Counties. During the third phase of policy dialogue, GROOTS Kenya proposed to strengthen the capacity of community advocacy teams in public budgeting to influence policies that would benefit the marginalized and influence gender-responsive public investments. This was implemented in Kiambu and Nyandarua counties. Moreover, through the increase in the capacity of grassroots women, GROOTS Kenya took part in the public participation exercise of the Kiambu County Climate Change Bill, 2021. GROOTS Kenya recently signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding with Kiambu County partners to develop its County Energy Plan. Kiambu County Government has mobilized resources from the Sustainable Energy Technical Assistance Project (SETA) for the development and implementation of the county energy plan which will be managed by GROOTS Kenya. GROOTS Kenya will therefore be directly involved in planning and supporting the literature review, household surveys on energy demand, and development of the energy plan.
As such, in this fourth phase (2023 – 2025), GROOTS Kenya intends to continue with policy engagement through our grassroots communities led by budget champions in Kiambu and Nyandarua County in supporting ongoing engagements the 2 counties. This approach seeks to consolidate the gains made since 2014 in the two counties. GROOTS Kenya will further engage in cross-learning activities and knowledge management activities that will ensure we have our learnings and impact stories highlighted.
