National E-Waste Management Strategy 2019-2024

Abstract

The National E-waste Management Strategy is a five-year plan covering the period 2019/20 to 2023/24. The E-waste Strategy has five thematic areas aimed at resource mobilization for proper E-waste management, raising awareness, strengthening Kenya’s E-waste coordination structures at national and county levels, put in place a monitoring and evaluation mechanism for E-waste management, promote research and innovation in E-waste management and have legal and regulatory framework for E-waste management in Kenya. This Strategy applies both to the national and county governments. The strategy spells out the priority E-waste management strategies together with specific actions to help actualize them. The strategy estimates the size of investment required to execute the National E-waste Management strategy, the targeted potential sources of funding as well as capacity building measures. Further, the strategy highlights the key target outcomes and the indicators, which will assist in measuring success of implementation of the plan. The roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders in executing the strategy are also defined. Though this Strategy is a five-year plan covering the period 2019/20 to 2023/24, its vision and aspiration spans a medium to long- term period of about 10 years. This strategic direction is pertinent in aligning the short to medium-term interventions into the perspective plan of E-waste management...