KIPPRA in Brief 2022

Abstract

The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) was established in May 1997 through Legal Notice and commenced operations in June 1999. In January 2007, His Excellency the President signed the KIPPRA Bill into law and the KIPPRA Act No. 15 of 2006 came into force on 1st February 2007. The mandate of KIPPRA is to: 1. Develop capacities in public policy research and analysis and assist the Government in policy formulation and implementation; 2. Identify and undertake independent and objective programmes of research and analysis, including macroeconomic, inter-disciplinary and sectoral studies on topics affecting public policy in areas such as human resource development, social welfare, environment and natural resources, agriculture and rural development, trade and industry, public finance, money and finance, and macroeconomic and microeconomic modeling; 3. Provide advisory and technical services on public policy issues to the Government and other agencies of the Government; 4. Communicate the findings and recommendations of the Institute’s research programmes to agencies of the Government concerned with implementation of public policy; 5. Serve as a point of communication and encourage the exchange of views between the Government, the private sector and other bodies or agencies of the Government on matters relating to public policy research and analysis; 6. Collect and analyze relevant data on public policy issues and disseminate the Institute’s research findings to persons it deems appropriate to publish such research findings; 7. Develop and maintain a reservoir of research resources on public policy and related issues and make these available to the Government, the private sector and learning institutions in Kenya; 8. Undertake public policy research and analysis for the Government and for clients in the private and public sectors; 9. Control the publication and use of the Institute’s research findings; 10. Organize symposia, conferences, workshops and other meetings to promote the exchange of views on issues relating to public policy research and analysis; 11. Undertake public policy research relevant to governance and its implications to development; and 12. Undertake any other business which is incidental to the performance of any of the foregoing functions.