Kenya Shifts from Disaster Response To Preparedness With New Financing Strategy

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 26— Kenya has unveiled an ambitious five-year Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) Strategy aimed at ending the country’s reliance on emergency funding after disasters and instead investing in…..

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Kenya has launched a new five-year Disaster Risk Financing Strategy (2026-2030), shifting from disaster response to proactive preparedness. The strategy aims to build financial resilience against increasingly frequent climate shocks.

The strategy aims to cushion communities and the economy against climate shocks, with the March-April-May 2024 floods causing an estimated Sh187 billion in economic losses.
Launched by the National Treasury with technical support from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
This new framework expands beyond emergency financing to include pre-disaster risk reduction investments and complements the recently enacted National Disaster Risk Management Act, 2026.

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