Eradicating Extreme Poverty in West Pokot by 2025. Policy Priorities & Lessons from the Development of Kenya’s First County Poverty Graduation Policy in West Pokot

Clare Gardner, Alex Rees, George Kamau and Benard Biegon

ABSTRACT

West Pokot is the first county in Kenya to develop a policy for a county wide approach to ending extreme poverty which will link together development investments that are currently not well coordinated and fragmented, reduce wastage, improve effectiveness and increase sustainability. This brief consolidates policy priorities and lessons from the development of Kenya’s first county poverty graduation policy in West Pokot by Wasafiri, Village Enterprise and the County Government of West Pokot.