Development Policy Management Forum (DPMF)

DPMF has facilitated workshops on the theme ‘Social Policy, Development and Governance in Kenya’. The objective of the workshops was to open up a debate on social policy in Kenya, the extent to which these policies have or have not contributed to development and the critical role of governance in integrating social policy as part of a development strategy. They relied on both local scholars/researchers, policy makers and civil society activists. One of the products of these workshops is a number of papers interrogating various issues both in the Kenyan and regional context and providing reflections on policy alternatives. The twelve papers that were presented in the workshops are as follows:

• Reflection on social policy and social justice, Prof. Tade Aina (11 May 2006).
• Reflection on social policy and development strategies in Kenya, Prof. Anyang Nyongo (11 May 2006).
• The State of Higher Education in Kenya : Problems and Prospects, Prof. Michael Chege (22 June 2006).
• Social Policy and the Underdevelopment of Marginalized Pastoral Communities in Kenya, Dr. Paul Goldsmith (6 July 2006).
• Insecurity as a Basis for State (Re) Construction: A case for Social Policy Shift, Dr.Katumanga Musambayi (27 July 2006).
• Social Policy and the Subordination of Women in Kenya, Dr. Mildred Ndeda (28 Sept 06).
• Reducing Poverty in a Third World Country: A Critique of the Policy Regime in Kenya, Dr. Ludeki Chweya (26 Oct 2006).
• Emerging Discourses on Inequality in Kenya and Policy And Politics, Duncan Okello (23 Nov 2006).
• Employment Policies as a critical aspect of Social Policy: The Kenyan Experience, Mr. Noah Chanyisa Chune (15 Feb, 2007).
• Human Rights, Social Justice and Social Development, Anthony Kuria (29 March, 2007).
• The Role of NSSF in Social Welfare and Development, Said Chitembw (27 April, 2007).
• The Transformation of Higher Education in Kenya, Prof. Kabiru Kinyanjui (09 July, 2007).

The papers and discussion reports are now being edited for publication as proceedings of the seminars. A selected number of papers will be published in a book. A substantive introduction to the book is being prepared by the editors. The following is a list of the presentations made at the seminar.