The Government of Kenya (GoK) recognizes the vital role of data and statistics as a prerequisite for many government functions, including legislation, policymaking, resource allocation,
and public service delivery. It is also cognizant of its role to produce quality official statistics as a national ‘public good’ and to use the data and statistics to inform decisions in the country as a modern and democratic state. Accordingly, the GoK has since the mid-1990s undertaken statistical reforms including establishment of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) through the Statistics Act, CAP 112 Laws of Kenya [Rev. 2022] as the principal agency of government responsible for production and dissemination of official statistics in the country, and coordination
of the NSS. The Statistics Act of 2006 was amended in 2019 to provide for the statistics function at County level. The overarching framework for coordination of the Kenya’s statistical system is the Kenya Strategy for Development of Statistics (KSDS). The first Kenya Strategy for Development of Statistics (KSDS I) was developed and implemented for the period 2019/20 -2022/23.
Following the successful implementation of KSDS I and the value derived thereof, the government made a strategic decision to develop the second strategy (KSDS II) for the period 2023/24-2027/28. This was based on an evaluation of KSDS1 in 2023 that included document and literature reviews, stakeholder consultations, stakeholder and risk analyses, identification of emerging priorities, and assessment of critical success factors—all of which informed the development of KSDS II.
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