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Kenya is already home to over 150 international and intergovernmental organizations and is set to welcome new offices, further cementing its status as Africa’s diplomatic and development hub...
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The Kenyan Cabinet has approved several international agreements, allowing major global organizations like the Ford Foundation and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to establish offices in Nairobi. This move aims to solidify Kenya's position as a regional hub for health, science, and diplomacy in East Africa.
- Kenya will host the Eastern Africa Regional Coordination Centre for the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC).
- The approvals were made on Tuesday, February 10, also covering the Novo Nordisk Foundation Kenya A/S.
- Kenya will also submit a bid to host the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group Regional Training Academy.
- The government authorized Kenya to host the International Nuclear Conference 2026 in Mombasa from March 24 to 26, 2026.
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Cabinet Approves International Agreements, Education Sector Merger, and Civil Servant Payroll Reforms - February 2026
The Kenyan Cabinet has approved international agreements allowing organizations like the Ford Foundation and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to establish offices in Nairobi. The Cabinet also approved a major restructuring of the education sector, which includes merging the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the Universities Fund, the TVET Funding Board, and the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) into a single authority. Additionally, comprehensive payroll reforms for civil servants were approved following a special audit of the 2024–2025 financial year. The audit revealed integrity issues and governance failures within the Government Human Resource Information System-Kenya (HRIS-K), and the overhaul aims to ensure uniform application of statutory deductions.
