Corruption remains a major obstacle to Kenya"s prosperity. Governance challenges persist, particularly in the areas of transparency and accountability. In 2024, Kenya ranked 121 out of 180 countries on Transparency International"s Corruption Perception Index underscoring the scale of the problem.
Fiscal constraints continue to limit the government"s ability to deliver essential services. Public debt stands at 70.2% of GDP and domestic revenue generation remains low. At the subnational level, counties often lack the tools and capacities for effective planning and results-based service delivery. This affects access to quality health, education, and infrastructure - particularly for women, youth, and marginalized groups.
In 2024, public dialogue around fiscal policy reforms highlighted the need for more inclusive and transparent governance. In response, the government withdrew a controversial finance bill and reaffirmed its commitment to reform.
Kenya"s recent inclusion on the Financial Action Task Force"s (FATF) grey list further signals the need to strengthen institutional frameworks to address illicit financial flows and ensure better compliance with global standards.
Objective
The programme promotes good governance in Kenya by strengthening anti-corruption and public financial management systems, and by enhancing accountability and transparency at both national and county levels. It also supports efforts to curb illicit financial flows and improve compliance with international standards. In addition, the programme contributes to the transparent and accountable use of cli-mate finance by reinforcing fiscal governance and service delivery.
Approach
To achieve its objective, the program focuses on the following four key result areas:
Output 1: Enhancing the legal and institutional framework for managing public finances and combating corruption.
Output 2: Strengthening mechanisms for holding state actions accountable, particularly in relation to gender justice and whistleblower protection.
Output 3: Improving administrative practices at the sub-national level to support impact-oriented performance management, in line with the recommendations of the State Secretariat for Impact-Oriented Public Service Delivery, while integrating a gender-sensitive approach.
Output 4: Strengthening administrative measures to combat Illicit Financial Flows.
This consultancy contract concentrates on the three BMZ-commissioned Outputs (1, 2 and 4).
Each output area comprises a tailored set of interlinked activities including analytical work; legal and policy advice; organisational development; and capacity development through formal and on-the-job trainings, coaching and mentoring; as well as peer-to-peer learning.
The programme cooperates with national authorities, civil society organisations, as well as 15 counties.
The lead executing agency for the project is the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice (OAG&DoJ). Other key partners include the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP), Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (PPRA), Office of the Auditor General (OAG), Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), Council of Governors (CoG), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Assets Recovery Agency (ARA), Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Financial Reporting Centre (FRC).
In addition to state institutions, the project collaborates with civil society organizations and county governments. The ultimate beneficiaries of the programme are the citizens of Kenya who will benefit from a more citizen-oriented, trustworthy and accountable governance.

This tender involves the supply and management of expert services to support the implementation of the Strengthening Good Governance in Kenya (GoGo) programme, implemented by GIZ.
The Strengthening Good Governance programme in Kenya aims at improving governance in Kenya in terms of anti-corruption, accountability, transparency and Illlicit Financial Flows. The Good Governance programme is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-financed by the European Union (EU) and is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The programme cooperates with national authorities, civil society organisations, as well as 15 counties (both Executive and legislature). The services will be delivered through a national long-term expert and a pool of national and international short-term experts in form of technical and administrative services related to the three key BMZ-outputs of the project:
- Output 1: Enhancing the legal and institutional framework for managing public finances and combating corruption.
- Output 2: Strengthening mechanisms for holding state actions accountable, particularly in relation to gender justice and whistleblower protection.
- Output 4: Strengthening administrative measures to combat Illicit Financial Flows.
The contractor"s services will follow the objectives of the project and support its implementation in three output areas. The key activities to be supported by the tender include:
Support for Anti-Corruption and Public Financial Management Measures
- Conduct selected anti-corruption studies/research to inform and reform policy interventions in Kenya.
- Develop evidence analysis guide on corruption, bribery, economic crimes and unethical conduct charges
- Conduct Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Sessions on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for Asset Recovery and develop ADR guidelines for ARA
- Build capacity on complex financial investigation, money laundering, investigation in relation to beneficial ownership, trusts, cryptocurrency, legislative drafting.
- Undertake a comprehensive audit and review of all obsolete, irrelevant and conflicting anti-corruption laws.
Support the Office of the Attorney General on Anti-corruption coordination and steering structure of the programme work.
- Provide technical support to relevant institutions to effectively enhance good governance in the area of climate finance. This includes support on conducting a Citizen Accountability Audit on climate finance.
- Support at least 10 counties to review and implement recommendations from the Auditor General"s audit reports and Public Procurement Regulatory Authority"s (PPRA) audit reports. This will also include a mentorship period to support the implementation.
- Develop and implement digital accountability tools like the citizen eye/citizen feedback platform mobile Application (APP). Enhance the Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) portal to integrate with other government systems and add new features.
- Provide technical support to public procurement and audits including the development and review of procurement related manuals and frameworks, beneficial ownership review of the AGPO programme and review of the Citizen Accountability Audit (CAA) manual.
Support for Accountability Mechanisms
- Provide technical support to Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) in development of administrative justice and access to information policy and legal mechanisms for county governments in promoting transparency and accountability.
- Provide technical Support to CAJ in institutionalization of performance contracting in county governments.
- Provide technical and expert support in scaling up of the Complaints Management Information System (CMIS) in complaints management including but not limited to components on complaints resolutions and customization for county governments.
- Provide technical and expert Support in scaling up of CMIS in complaints management including but not limited to components on complaints resolutions and customization for county governments.
- Provide technical and expertise support to CAJ in whistleblower protection mechanism establishment, including considering a digital application option.
- Train and mentor to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on strategy and content on transparency and accountability mechanisms targeting specific sectors (climate financing, complaints resolutions, access to information and legislative oversight) tying to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) engagements framework.
Support towards Developing Measures to Combat Illicit Financial Flows
- Train (case-based) and/or mentor Law Enforcement Agencies on Financial Investigations and asset recovery.
- Support the prosecution of Money Laundering cases.
- Conduct trainings for the Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) sector on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) compliance obligations.
- Develop an Online Trust Beneficial Ownership Register and Trust Lodgement Platform.
- Support legal reforms in the IFF sector
Cross-cutting activities
- Support in programme"s ongoing communication activities
- Conduct videography of programme success stories
Tasks of the pool manager
- Manage two short-term expert pools (administrative, financial, budget, reporting, monitoring, quality assurance)
- Organise conferences, workshops, events and trainings
All documents (e.g. reports, studies, trainings, analyses, assessments, strategies) have to be provided in English. Trainings in the counties might have to be conducted in local language.

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