NAIROBI, Kenya- Civil society groups under the Okoa Uchumi Campaign have renewed pressure on the government to publish and table before Parliament the International Monetary Fund’s Governance and Anti-Corruption Diagnostic Report for Kenya.
In a statement signed by 50 organisations and individuals, the campaign said the report examines systemic governance weaknesses, corruption vulnerabilities and institutional failures affecting the management of public resources.
The coalition wants the final document released immediately, formally tabled in Parliament and accompanied by a public implementation roadmap with clear timelines.
Parliamentary question raises fresh pressure
The demand follows a parliamentary question raised by Tetu MP Geoffrey Wandeto, who sought an update from the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the status of the report.
According to Okoa Uchumi, Parliament is expected to receive a response within two weeks, but the Executive has not announced a public-release date.
The campaign said Kenya requested the diagnostic in September 2024, in the aftermath of the Gen Z protests that placed public accountability, corruption and the use of public resources at the centre of national debate.
It said an initial report was submitted in December 2025 and that the government received a final version in June 2026 after a review process.
However, the IMF said in June that it had shared a draft Governance Diagnostic Assessment Report with Kenyan authorities and that publication depended on the government’s consent.
The Fund’s diagnostic mission, conducted at Kenya’s request in June 2025, examined areas including public financial management, procurement, tax policy, revenue administration, the mining sector, market regulation, the rule of law, Central Bank governance and anti-money-laundering systems.
‘Findings belong to Kenyans’
Okoa Uchumi said the report’s findings should not be treated as private property of the Executive because the assessment involved public consultations, public resources and taxpayer money.
“We, the people of Kenya, cannot continue financing diagnostics, commission investigations and hold public consultations only for findings and recommendations to be hidden from citizens,” the coalition said.
The groups, including AfriCOG, Amnesty International Kenya, the Kenya Human Rights Commission, Transparency International Kenya and the Institute for Social Accountability, said Kenyans had a right to know the report’s findings and proposed reforms.
They also cited remarks attributed to National Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo at the launch of the World Bank’s latest Kenya Economic Update, saying he had indicated that the government would make the report public.
The World Bank report, released on November 4, identified governance constraints as a major drag on growth. It estimated that corruption and collusion affecting spending efficiency and revenue collection account for up to two percentage points of GDP in annual fiscal deficits.
The Bank said stronger governance reforms could lift Kenya’s economic output by as much as 20 per cent by 2035, while supporting more and better jobs.
Okoa Uchumi said the publication and parliamentary scrutiny of the IMF report would be an important test of the government’s commitment to transparency, accountability and prudent management of public resources.
