The NGO Sector and Civil Society in Kenya

Abstract

The following review aims to locate the recent growth of Kenya’s NGO sector and civil society within an understanding of the effectiveness of these spheres in representing and providing for the needs of the country’s poor. The review contains two main chapters. The first begins with an assessment of the NGO sector, which opens with an analysis of the sectoral and geographic coverage of NGOs currently active in the country. It then moves on to outline the major strengths and weaknesses of this sector. The second chapter synthesises the literature assessing the state of civil society in Kenya, aiming to follow and assess its development from the 1970s through until the present, post-amendment context.