The financial resource target for implementation of the 2018-22 CPD was $185 million, of which 6 percent ($10 million) was to come from regular resources and 94 percent ($175 million) from other sources.70 As of November 2021, the total programme budget and funds secured amounted to $98 million with expenditure of $ 79 million, which is around 43 percent of the CPD resource target. Government cost-sharing and private foundations have contributed around $0.5 million (around $200,00 and $300,000 respectively). Following approval of the CPD, the country office undertook a change management process, mainly triggered by high management ratios, as well as a strategic decision in view of the start of the new CPD. The process resulted in major restructuring and the loss of around a third of the staff, in both programme and operations. During this process and the adjustment period that followed, the country office had very limited capacity to implement ongoing projects or attempt to mobilize new resources. Shortly after the process ended, the COVID-19 pandemic imposed multiple restrictions on the office and on donors’ ability to commit funds. These issues were a major factor in the resource shortfalls of the UNDP programme. The country office updated its resource mobilization strategy following the change management process, but was still bound by the targets agreed in the CPD. The strategy was formulated in 2020 as a Partnerships and Communication Strategy and Action Plan, and identified potential sources of funding for each CPD outcome. With Kenya’s graduation to middle-income status in 2014, and the expectation of a reduction in official development assistance, the country office planned for an increase in financial contributions from government cost-sharing and the private sector, philanthropic organizations and international financial institutions.71
TABLE 1. CPD resource requirements, resources mobilized and expenditure by CPD outcome (Jan 2018 - Nov 2021) CPD outcome
CPD Target
Outcome 1 – Governance and Devolution
Outcome 2 – Peace and Security
Outcome 3 – Inclusive Growth
Outcome 4 – Environment
Grand Total
Budget
Execution Rate Expenditure/ Budget/ Expenditure/ Expenditure Budget Target Target
$46,242,000
$29,727,539
$26,466,297
89%
64%
57%
$46,242,000
$26,278,748
$22,467,545
85%
57%
49%
$37,000,000
$10,208,583
$4,873,385
48%
28%
13%
$55,759,000
$32,261,359
$25,241,569
78%
58%
45%
80%
53%
43%
$185,243,000
$98,476,230
$79,048,796
Source: UNDP Kenya CPD 2018-22 and Power BI data as of 11 November 2021
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There is no breakdown provided in the country office strategic documents on these ‘other’ funding sources, however the country office Partnerships and Communication Strategy and Action Plan indicates bilateral and multilateral donors, government costsharing, international financial institutions and philanthropic organizations as potential funding sources. As described in the CPD and in the country office Partnerships and Communication Strategy and Action Plan.
CHAPTER 2. FINDINGS
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