Financing is apparently the major challenge Kenya is facing in its quest to implement the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
SDGs Kenya Forum Executive Director Florence Syevuo, says that Kenya’s finance challenges are both domestic and donor related.
Speaking at a meeting with different stakeholders including the national government and the Council of Governors, Syevuo says that Kenya’s annual budget is currently not able to fund the implementation despite the availability and the willingness of stakeholders involved in SDGs implementation.
“Financing is currently the key challenge Kenya is facing in the implementation of the SDGS
Both domestic and donor funding. As it is, Kenya’s budget not able to facilitate the funding and the achievement of the SDGs so we have to come up with new ways of raising finances,” said Syevuo.
“There is already a framework and stakeholders ready to work towards the implementation of the SDGs.”
Other factors that have contributed to the major setbacks include the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia Ukraine war.
Syevuo is however optimistic that some SDGs like SDG 4 which is Education might be fully implemented by 2030.
“If you look at education, it is one area that has received good funding from the local budget. The efforts also put by the National government in streamlining the education sector are also encouraging,” says Syevuo.
The other SGD that has made good progress in Kenya is SDG 13. This follows efforts put by different stakeholders in the country to increase the forest cover.
