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.........