The Non-Profit Sector in Kenya - Aga Khan Development Network
The Non-Profit Sector in Kenya - Aga Khan Development Network The Non-Profit Sector in Kenya - Aga Khan Development Network
Conclusions and Policy ImplicationsThe findings bring out important basic features of non-profit organisationsin Kenya. Significantly, the findings show that Kenya has alarge non-profit sector compared to other developing and transitionalcountries. The sector is an important employer, employing about 2.1percent of the economically-active population. It is about 43 percentof the size of public sector. Furthermore, the workforce in the sectorexceeds that of the country’s manufacturing sector.The sector provides important services to the Kenyan society. Nonprofitactivities are widely spread throughout the country. Most of theorganisations are motivated by the need to promote economicempowerment and social development. Organisations in the sectoraim at responding to societal needs.Sustainability of the sector is not in doubt. The sector is largelydependent on fees and charges. Contrary to popular opinion – basedespecially on absence of data – the sector does not depend entirely onexternal sources of financing. Only NGOs appear to have externaldonors as a significant source of their funding. However, NGOs are avery small component of the whole of the non-profit sector – aboutone percent – and, therefore, their reliance on donors does not affectthe sustainability of the sector as a whole.It is important to underline that there have been no studies on thepotential of the non-profit sector in Kenya. The findings presented inChapter 5 Conclusions and Policy Implications 23
this study constitute an important reference point for future studies onthe sector. Policy makers and practitioners will find this data aninvaluable source of information on the sector.The findings, simply put, tend to give legitimacy to the sector in termsof its contributions to development and employment creation. Thesector has proven to be an important agent in facilitating economicdevelopment, providing social services and empowering differentgroups in Kenya. It is important that this role be fully recognised andutilised by both the government and international development partners.An enabling policy framework for the entire sector, let aloneNGOs, is required to fully tap the potential of the sector.24The Non-Profit Sector In Kenya
- Page 2 and 3: Karuti Kanyinga & Winnie Mitullah
- Page 4 and 5: AcknowledgementThe idea to produce
- Page 6: PrefaceThe Institute for Developmen
- Page 9 and 10: List of TablesTable 1: Example of n
- Page 11 and 12: The non-profit sector in Kenya comp
- Page 13 and 14: Growth of The Non-Profit Sectorin K
- Page 15 and 16: Table 3: Change in number of NPOs b
- Page 17 and 18: Size and Scope Of Non-Profit Sector
- Page 19 and 20: Figure 2: The Kenya non-profit sect
- Page 21 and 22: country and all country averages. F
- Page 23 and 24: Table 8: Mission of non-profit orga
- Page 25 and 26: Sources of Revenue and ExpenditureP
- Page 27 and 28: The sector receives a much smaller
- Page 29 and 30: Figure 9: Sources of revenue includ
- Page 31: Figure 10: NPOs expenditure by fiel
- Page 35 and 36: ICPNODevelopment and HousingCivil a
Conclusions and Policy Implications<strong>The</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs br<strong>in</strong>g out important basic features of non-profit organisations<strong>in</strong> <strong>Kenya</strong>. Significantly, the f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs show that <strong>Kenya</strong> has alarge non-profit sector compared to other develop<strong>in</strong>g and transitionalcountries. <strong>The</strong> sector is an important employer, employ<strong>in</strong>g about 2.1percent of the economically-active population. It is about 43 percentof the size of public sector. Furthermore, the workforce <strong>in</strong> the sectorexceeds that of the country’s manufactur<strong>in</strong>g sector.<strong>The</strong> sector provides important services to the <strong>Kenya</strong>n society. <strong>Non</strong>profitactivities are widely spread throughout the country. Most of theorganisations are motivated by the need to promote economicempowerment and social development. Organisations <strong>in</strong> the sectoraim at respond<strong>in</strong>g to societal needs.Susta<strong>in</strong>ability of the sector is not <strong>in</strong> doubt. <strong>The</strong> sector is largelydependent on fees and charges. Contrary to popular op<strong>in</strong>ion – basedespecially on absence of data – the sector does not depend entirely onexternal sources of f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g. Only NGOs appear to have externaldonors as a significant source of their fund<strong>in</strong>g. However, NGOs are avery small component of the whole of the non-profit sector – aboutone percent – and, therefore, their reliance on donors does not affectthe susta<strong>in</strong>ability of the sector as a whole.It is important to underl<strong>in</strong>e that there have been no studies on thepotential of the non-profit sector <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kenya</strong>. <strong>The</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs presented <strong>in</strong>Chapter 5 Conclusions and Policy Implications 23
Change language