Kenya Initiates Budget Tagging Exercise for Disaster Risk Management

Kenya is undertaking a strategic shift toward comprehensive disaster risk financing, involving a budget tagging exercise across government institutions. The National Treasury is working with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction to integrate climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into national planning and public financial management systems. This initiative aims to improve the tracking and reporting of expenditures related to disaster risk reduction and climate change.

The collaboration focuses on strengthening risk-informed governance within Kenya by integrating these concerns into the national planning process. Officials are receiving training on integrated DRR–CCA approaches and risk-informed planning methodologies. The exercise directly informs the development of the country’s Disaster Risk Management Strategy 2025–2030 and the Disaster Risk Financing Strategy 2026–2030.

The National Treasury in Kenya is implementing a Disaster Risk Financing strategy with technical support from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.