The APRM process in Kenya: A pathway to a new state
Source: Open Society Initiative for East Africa and the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP)
This review of the APRM process in Kenya is one of series commissioned by AfriMAP. The report analyses the extent to which the Kenyan process of self-assessment for the APRM respected the criteria of effectiveness and credibility defined by the APRM founding documents, in particular the extent to which it was open, participatory, transparent and accountable.
Based on interviews with many of the participants and his own involvement in the process, the author of the report, Steve Ouma Akoth, reviews the challenges faced by the APRM review. These included weaknesses in the National Governing Council and in civil society engagement, and problems with the conceptual framework of NEPAD and the APRM itself. Though Ouma concludes that the APRM in Kenya was a "state-centric process" he also believes that it has opened up an opportunity for dialogue between civil society and government that should be exploited during the implementation of the programme of action (PoA) formally adopted for Kenya in June 2006 by the APR Forum.
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