NAIROBI, 5 November 2026: Yesterday, the question of the IMF Governance and Anti-Corruption Diagnostic Report for Kenya returned to the parliamentary floor. Hon. Geoffrey Wandeto, speaking on behalf of the Kenyan people sought answers from the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the status of this critical report.
The government made the request to the IMF to prepare the report in September 2024. The report was first submitted to the Government in December 2025, underwent a review process, and the final report was received by the Government in June 2026.
At the launch of the World Bank Economic Update, which identified corruption as one of Kenya’s major economic malignancies, the Principal Secretary to the National Treasury, Dr. Chris Kiptoo, indicated that the Government would make the report public.
Parliament expects a response within two weeks. The Executive, however, has offered no timeline for its release.
Let us recall that this diagnostic was commissioned in the aftermath of the 2024 Gen Z protests, when Kenyans demanded accountability, an end to corruption and responsible management of public resources. The assessment involved extensive public consultations and consumed taxpayers’ money, public resources and valuable time.
The report examines systemic governance weaknesses, corruption vulnerabilities and institutional failures that undermine the management of our national resources resulting in the continued economic pains of ordinary citizens, grassroots communities and the youth. Its findings and recommendations are therefore not the private property of the Executive. They are of immense public interest.
We demand:
- Immediate public release of the final IMF Governance and Anti-Corruption Diagnostic Report for the Republic of Kenya
- Formal tabling of the report before Parliament to facilitate public scrutiny and debate.
- A clear government roadmap, with timelines, for implementing its recommendations.
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 2024 protest by Kenyans that motivated this diagnostic must not be rewarded with findings shrouded in secrecy. Kenyans are demanding a different social contract, anchored in transparency, accountability and the prudent management of public resources.
Kenya’s future must not be built behind closed doors. The Gen Zs, a generation that demanded accountability on the face of corruption and paid the ultimate price during the #RejectFinanceBill2024 deserves the truth, nothing else, but the whole truth.
Let transparency be the foundation of a stronger, more prosperous and a just Republic.
The Government must honour that demand. Release the report to citizens. Table it in parliament let Kenyans hold power to account.
Signed by Okoa Uchumi Campaign members:
- Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG)
- Amnesty International Kenya
- Bajeti Hub
- Bunge Mashinani Initiative
- Center for Enhancing Democracy and Good Governance (CEDGG)
- Embrace Inclusion
- Federation of African Law Students (FALAS) Kenya
- Felix Kithinji
- Good Health Community Programmes
- Girls to Women Community Based Organisation
- Great Lake Professionals
- Happy Family Captains
- Inuka Community Developers Network
- Inuka Kenya Ni Sisi!
- Jecinta Ogando
- Kabete CBO for Persons with Disabilities
- Kakamega Community Centre
- Kakamega County Disability Caucus
- Kakamega County Widows Empowerment Project (KCWEP)
- Kakamega County Youth Network
- Kakamega Voices
- Kawangware Youth Paralegal Trust (KAYPAT)
- Kenya Human Rights Commission(KHRC)
- Kenya National Interface Team (KNIT)
- Kenya National Micro and Small Manufacturers Service Providers Umbrella Organization (KENAMISMASPU)
- Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya)
- Kiambu Social Accountability Network
- Kiambu Youth Bunge
- Makueni Civil Society Network (MACSON) SAGE
- Midrift Hurinet
- Nakuru Bunge la Wananchi Caucus
- Nam Victoria CBO (NAMVIC)
- Naomi Muturi
- National Integrity Alliance
- National Students Caucus
- Network for Research and Governance
- Nitasema Foundation
- Partnership for Transformational Development (PTD Kenya)
- Riftvalley Students Union
- Social Justice Centres Working Group
- Solidarity and Capacity for Opportunity, Defenders in Action (SCODA Devt CBO)
- Solidarity Care Network
- Students Governing Council of Nakuru
- Taifa Haki CBO
- The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA)
- Transparency International Kenya
- Vijana Economic Front
- Wajir Civil Society Consortium
- Wajir Social Accountability Network
- We Believe Community Organization
For more information contact Mulayi Muni at [email protected]
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The Okoa Uchumi campaign is a civil society platform committed towards working with stakeholders to resolve Kenya’s public debt crisis. The campaign advocates for balanced and equitable budgets as a means of achieving debt sustainability and economic inclusion. The campaign seeks to bolster constitutional safeguards in public debt management and to push for the accountability of political leaders in public debt management.