Kenya - Technical Assistance to Enhance the Capacity of the President Delivery Unit (PDU)

The proposed project is a Technical Assistance to Enhance the Capacity of the Republic of Kenya President’s Delivery Unit (PDU) to drive delivery of the Government’s Big Four (B4) Agenda in Manufacturing and Food Security. The PDU was established in 2015 within the State House Department and directly under the Office of The President. Its mandate is to improve the coordination of National Government flagship programs, as well as to monitor, evaluate and report on progress made on key development priorities. The proposed TA is strongly aligned with objectives (ii) and (iii) of the MIC TAF, namely “to fund technical assistance, advisory services and project cycle activities” and “the training of Government officials and capacity building work”. In this regard, the project will equip the highest level of the Executive Branch with enhanced capability to drive an ambitious transformation program with speed, efficiency and effectiveness, while also improving delivery tracking at county level. This implies that development partners’ assistance to Kenya, including Bank-funded projects, will be expected to perform better as a result. In so doing, the Project will substantially contribute to the attainment of the Bank’s High-5s by boosting delivery effectiveness at the national level, while also generating useful lessons for other RMCs in the Eastern Africa region. The project is structured into two components (i) Technical Assistance for improved coordination and delivery tracking (ii) Knowledge-sharing. The total cost to implement the proposed TA is UA1, 787, 600.00 comprising UA1, 200,000 from the MIC TAF grant and UA587, 600 Government contribution. The assignment is estimated to be executed over a period of twenty (20) months following deployment of the Lead delivery Consultant. The Bank’s experience in setting up a robust delivery tracking unit, SNDR, to track the High-5s (which are similar to the B4), sets it apart as a partner of choice to provide the proposed TA to Kenya’s PDU.