Kenyas County Climate Change Funds Country Brief 2B

The document details the establishment and operation of County Climate Change Funds (CCCFs) in five Kenyan counties—Garissa, Isiolo, Kitui, Makueni, and Wajir. These funds are designed to blend domestic and international finance to support community-led climate adaptation investments, such as water infrastructure and livestock resilience. The brief highlights how legislative mandates in Makueni and Wajir ensure predictable funding by allocating 1% and 2% of annual development budgets, respectively, to climate action. It argues that this devolved approach ensures finance reaches the local level, where 70% of expenditures are earmarked for community investments, thereby improving resilience against drought.

• Five Kenyan counties—Garissa, Isiolo, Kitui, Makueni, and Wajir—have established County Climate Change Funds (CCCFs) to identify, prioritize, and finance investments that reduce climate risk and align with national adaptation priorities.
• The CCCF model utilizes a devolved governance structure where community-led ward and county planning committees identify adaptation needs, while government officials provide technical support without voting rights to ensure community priorities are respected.
• Legislative mandates in Makueni and Wajir counties ensure predictable domestic funding for climate action, with Makueni allocating 1% and Wajir allocating 2% of their annual development budgets, totaling approximately USD 730,000 and USD 850,000 respectively for the 2017/18 fiscal year.
• CCCFs employ a specific budget allocation formula where 70% of annual expenditures are dedicated to local-level investments, 20% to county-level investments, and 10% to administrative costs.
• As of March 2017, 82 public good investments were implemented across the five counties, focusing on water, livestock, climate information services, and natural resource governance; for example, Wajir invested in solar water pumps, boreholes, and the rehabilitation of water pans.
• Evidence suggests CCCFs have improved drought resilience in Isiolo, where improved rangeland governance and other investments meant that in 2015, households with CCCF investments did not require food relief.
• Domestic commitment to CCCFs has attracted international support, including seed funding from the United Kingdom and continued support from Sweden, while the national government seeks to expand the model via the Green Climate Fund.

APA

Murphy, D., & Orindi, V. (2017). Kenyas County Climate Change Funds Country Brief 2B. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-kenyas-county-climate-change-funds.pdf

Chicago

Murphy, Deborah, and Victor Orindi. Kenyas County Climate Change Funds Country Brief 2B. NAP Global Network, 2017. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-kenyas-county-climate-change-funds.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{murphy2017kenyas, author = {Murphy, Deborah and Orindi, Victor}, title = {{Kenyas County Climate Change Funds Country Brief 2B}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2017}, month = dec, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-kenyas-county-climate-change-funds.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }