Country Report for WUF 10 Republic of Kenya The National Urban Forum Country Report To Cities of Opportunities Connecting Culture and Innovation KENYA COUNTRY REPORT TO THE TENTH SESSION OF THE WORLD URBAN FORUM ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 8TH TO 13TH FEBRUARY 2020 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page i Country Report for WUF 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES vii ACRONYMS ix FOREWORD vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ix INTRODUCTION xiv CHAPTER ONE 1 DIALOGUE ONE: URBANIZATION, CULTURE AND INNOVATION 1 1.0 Overview 1 1.1 Legislative Framework on Culture, Urbanization and Innovation 1 1.2 Best Practices 2 1.2.1Lamu Annual Cultural Festival 2 1.2.2 The Isukuti Dance of Western Kenya 3 1.2.3 Kenyatta University Cultural Week Celebrations 4 1.2.4 Kalasha International Film and Television Festival 5 1.2.5 Kenya School Music and Drama Festivals 5 1.2.6 Transportation, Art and Culture 6 1.2.7 Language and Communication 7 CHAPTER TWO 8 DIALOGUE TWO: DRIVING SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION THROUGH INNOVATION AND CULTURE 8 2.0 Overview 8 2.1 Sustainable Urbanization, Innovation and Culture Nexus 8 2.2 Policy and Legislative Framework 9 2.3 Country-level initiatives 10 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page ii Country Report for WUF 10 2.3.1 Technical and Vocational Training 10 2.3.2 The Urban Resilience Hackathon of May 2019 10 2.3.3 The Kenya Urban Design Competition of 2016 11 CHAPTER THREE 12 DIALOGUE THREE: TRADITION AND MODERNITY; A CREATIVE CONVERGENCE FOR BETTER CITIES. 12 3.0 Overview 12 3.1 Policy and Legislative Framework 13 3.2 Best Practices 13 3.2.1 Church-run versus Traditional Rites of Passage 13 3.2.2 Cultural Nights 13 3.2.3 Lake Turkana Festival 14 3.2.4 Mombasa Carnival 15 3.2.5 Maralal Camel Derby Festival 16 3.2.6 Safari Rally 17 3.2.7 Ngong Race Course 18 3.2.8 Wearing Kenyan Made Clothes Directive 18 3.2.9 Care for the Elderly in Kenya 18 3.2.10 Rollout of Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) and Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) 19 CHAPTER FOUR 20 DIALOGUE FOUR: FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES 4.0 Overview 20 4.1 Policy and Legislative Framework 20 4.2 Best practices of Frontier Technologies in Kenya 21 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page iii Country Report for WUF 10 4.2.1 Twiga Foods Limited 21 4.2.2 Tulaa 22 4.2.3 Lake Turkana Wind Power 22 4.2.4 50MW Garissa Solar Power Station 23 4.2.5 NAWASSCOAL Makaadot.com - Converting Waste to Wealth 23 4.2.6 Fintech on Financial Services Industry in Kenya 24 4.2.7 Block chain Technology 25 4.2.8 Technological Parks 25 4.2.9 M-Akiba 26 4.2.10 Huduma Kenya 26 4.2.11 Constituency Innovation Hubs 26 4.2.12 Damu–Sasa 27 4.2.13 MyDawa App 28 4.2.14 M-Tiba 28 CHAPTER FIVE 29 DIALOGUE FIVE: URBAN PLANNING AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION/ REGENERATION 29 5.0 Overview 29 5.1 Policy and Legislative Framework 29 5.1.1National Spatial Plan (2015-2045) 29 5.1.2 Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2017 on National Land Use Policy 30 5.1.3 Sessional Paper No. 6 on National Urban Development Policy 2016 30 5.1.4 County Governments Act, 2012 31 5.1.5. Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2019 31 5.1.6 Registration and processing of Title Deeds 31 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page iv Country Report for WUF 10 5.2 Best Practices 31 5.2.1 Luthuli Avenue Regeneration: Towards zero carbon, safe, inclusive and sustainable streets and public spaces in Kenya 31 5.2.3 Mama Ngina Drive Waterfront Park Regeneration 32 5.2.4 Fort Jesus, Mombasa 33 5.2.5 Lamu Old Town 34 5.2.6 Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley 34 5.2.7 Kit Mikayi-Kisumu 34 5.2.8 The Old Town of Mombasa 35 CHAPTER SIX 36 DIALOGUE SIX: PARTNERSHIPS AND INITIATIVES SUPPORTING CULTURE AND INNOVATION IN CITIES 36 6.0 Overview 36 6.1 Policy and Legislative Framework 36 6.1.1 Sustainable Development Goal No. 17 on Partnership for the Goals 36 6.1.2 East African Community law on promotion of culture and creative industries 36 6.1.3 The Kenya Foreign Policy, 2014 36 6.1.4 Public Private Partnership Act, 2013 37 6.1.5 The National Policy on Culture and Heritage 2009 37 6.2 Best Practices 37 6.2.1 Member of the International Federation for Art Councils and Culture Agencies Dialogues on culture policies 39 6.2.2 Participation in cultural exchange dialogue meetings with friendly nations 39 6.2.3 Facilitating Mobility of Artists through Cultural protocols 39 6.2.4 Promotion of Culture and Creative Industries/Creative Economy 39 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page v Country Report for WUF 10 CHAPTER SEVEN 42 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CONNECTING CULTURE AND INNOVATION 42 7.0 Challenges 42 7.1 Opportunities 42 REFERENCES 44 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page vi Country Report for WUF 10 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1:Donkey Race and people during the annual cultural festival in Lamu 3 Figure 2: Members of the Isukuti cultural dance performing during a National function 4 Figure 3:Performers participating in the Kenyatta University cultural week 4 Figure 4:Vehicle Graffiti 6 Figure 5:Critical Mass Nairobi riding event, January 2020 7 Figure 6: Taxi companies in Kenya 7 Figure 7:Winning Entry for Kenya Urban Design Competition 11 Figure 8:Traditional versus Church-run rite of passage 13 Figure 9:Posters for various cultural nights 14 Figure 10:Lake Turkana festival 15 Figure 11:Mombasa Carnival 16 Figure 12:Maralal camel derby 17 Figure 13:Flagging off Safari Rally 17 Figure 14:Elderly people wait to receive their monthly stipend in Molo, Nakuru County. 18 Figure 15: Produce checking for any blemishes, graded and packed, graded and packed into crates ready to be transported to the cold storage rooms for ripening and the retailer who has registered with the app gets his produce delivered to his workplace 21 Figure 16:Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, Marsabit County. 22 Figure 17:Garissa Solar Power Plant, Garissa County. 25 Figure 18:Human waste sludge undergoing the stirring process before the drying process starts.Source:https://theslopes.co.ke/human-waste-fuel-gains- unprecedented-popularity-in-nakuru/ 24 Figure 19: Sun drying the briquettes 24 Figure 20: Residents of Soy Constituency, Uasin Gishu County at Nukiat Constituency Innovation Hub working online. 27 Figure 21:Students from Icon Primary School at Kamukunji Constituency Innovation Hub, Nairobi County having computer literacy classes and Residents of Uasin Gishu getting trained on necessary online work skills by Ajira Digital at Kapteldet ICT Center respective 27 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page vii Country Report for WUF 10 Figure 22: Luthuli Avenue before and after regeneration 32 Figure 23:Mama Ngina Drive Waterfront Park before regeneration. 32 Figure 24:Mama Ngina Drive Waterfront Park after regeneration 33 Figure 25: Fort Jesus Mombasa 33 Figure 26: Lamu old Town 34 Figure 27: Kit-Mikayi in Kisumu County 35 Figure 28:The Old Town of Mombasa 35 Figure 29: 1st United Nations Habitat Assembly, May 2019 38 Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page viii Country Report for WUF 10 ACRONYMS ACK Anglican Church of Kenya AISL Advanced IT Solution ASPM Adaptive Settlement Planning Model CBC Competence Based Curriculum CBET Competence Based Education and Training CBK Central Bank of Kenya CEWARN Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism CIH Constituency Innovation Hubs CITAM Christ Is The Answer Ministry CoG Council of Governors CoK Constitution of Kenya CSOs Civil Society Organizations CSUDP Civil Society Urban Development Platform CURI Center for Urban Research and Innovation EAC East African Community GDP Gross Domestic Product HLM2 The Second High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership ICT Information, Communication and Technology ICTA Information, Communication and Technology Authority IFACCA International Federation for Art Councils and Cultural Agencies IGAD ` The Intergovernmental Authority on Development KENIA Kenya National Innovation Agency KEPSA Kenya Private Sector Alliance KISIP Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project KSHS Kenya Shillings KUSP Kenya Urban Support Programme KW Kilo Watt Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page ix Country Report for WUF 10 MDGs Millennium Development Goals MoICT Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology MW Mega Watt NCSP Nakuru County Sanitation Programme NHC National Habitat Committee NUA New Urban Agenda PCEA Presbyterian Church of East Africa PDTP Presidential Digital Talent Programme PT Pamoja Trust RCC Roman Catholic Church SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SMS Short Message Service SUED Sustainable Urban Economic Development TICAD IV The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development UHC Universal Health Coverage UNDAF United Nations Assistance Framework UNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN United Nations UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNSDF United Nations Sustainable Development Framework UON University of Nairobi USD United States Dollar WUF World Urban Forum Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page x Country Report for WUF 10 FOREWORD Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation Page xi Country Report for WUF 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report details the six (6) dialogues that speak to the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum(WUF) theme on “Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation”.