Publication: Kenya National Safety Net Program for Results : Integrated Fiduciary Assessment
Date
2013
ISSN
Published
2013
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The Government of Kenya (GoK) has a
number of well-established social insurance schemes and
safety net programs, but their coverage has tended to be low
and their effectiveness limited. The coverage of cash
transfer programs has grown significantly but remains low in
comparison with the size of the population in need. This
assessment uses the draft guidance notes on
Program-for-Results (PforR) operations prepared by the
Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS) department of
the World Bank. The assessment reviews the fiduciary aspects
of the government's national safety net program.
According to this assessment, the strengths include: (i)
sector-wide planning and budgeting through the Sector
Working Groups (SWGs), the Medium-term Planning (MTP)
framework, and the Medium-term Expenditure Framework (MTEF);
(ii) increasing computerization through the Integrated
Financial Management Information System (IFMIS); (iii)
current efforts to develop and roll out a single registry
linked to the Management Information Systems (MISs) for the
five cash transfer programs; (iv) the ongoing development
and intended roll out of program MISs for the Cash transfer
(CT) programs implemented by the department of gender and
social development in the Ministry of Gender, Children, and
Social Development (MGCSD); (v) the upgrading of the MIS for
the CT for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) and the
Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP); (vi) independent
external audit arrangements by the Kenya National Audit
Office (KENAO); and (vii) the fact that the procurement
performance of the CT programs will have little or no impact
on the implementation of the program. This paper is
structured as follows: chapter one gives background and the
program's institutional arrangements; chapter two
presents program's fiduciary performance and
significant fiduciary risks; chapter three focuses on fraud
and corruption; chapter four gives institutional
arrangements; and chapter five presents mitigating measures.
Citation
“World Bank. 2013. Kenya National Safety Net Program for Results : Integrated Fiduciary Assessment. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16262 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”