Independent Evaluation Series
The Uhuru Kenyatta Administration, 2013–2022
The Kenya Presidencies, Volume IV
Abstract
The first evaluand in the series scored against a constitution its predecessor created rather than one inherited from the colonial settlement, which makes every finding here also a finding about how the 2010 Constitution performed under sustained pressure from the executive it was designed to constrain.
46.80
Strategic Integrity Score
Reportable band: Low–Moderate
77.00
Evidence Confidence Index
Substantial
52.00
Protection and integrity pillar
The first pillar score above 50 in four administrations
Summary of the report
Access to electricity rose from 40.1 to 76.0 per cent of the population, the largest single infrastructure movement in the series, and measured inequality fell for the first time.
Public debt rose from about KSh 1.79 trillion to about KSh 8.7 trillion over the same period, and debt service as a share of exports moved from 4.7 per cent in 2013 to 38.4 per cent in 2019.