Evaluation Society of Kenya | Tracing ESK's path of spearheading the M&E Professionalisation Journey

As part of the Africa Evidence Week 2024 celebrations, listen to Dr Moses Oyagi, ESK chair (Kenya), Benjamin Masila, ESK secretary (Kenya) and Jennifer Mutua, ESK Founder talking about their M&E professionalisation journey in Kenya.
Globally, the times are historical, complex and uncertain. Characterised by unprecedented and under-harnessed opportunities as well as socio-economic/political challenges across Africa. A majority of the citizenry is groaning in utter despair and yearning for transformative change for sheer survival. Escalating unemployment and poverty levels, exacerbated by heavy debt burdens, effects of climate change and run-away corruption, are among the pressing issues.
In Kenya, e.g., these have slowed down the realisation of the government’s “Bottom’s-Up Transformational Agenda”, which is aligned with Vision 2030 and SDGs. Resultantly, there is growing pressure on the government and other developmental stakeholders, especially by the youth, for the adoption of not business as usual approaches to alleviate the suffering.
Against this backdrop, an increased uptake of the digital revolution and the under-utilized potential of M&E are some of the potentially game-changing opportunities in improving service delivery and developmental outcomes/impacts. To this end, the video traces ESK’s journey of largely voluntary operations towards earning national credibility, sustainability and professional contributions to a more enabling environment for harnessing the M&E potential. Key highlights are its progressive strengthening of governance & capacities, strategic alliance-building, challenges and way forward, in spearheading Kenya’s M&E professionalization journey, whose formal launch was in 2022, with wide stakeholder support.