A public-interest observatory
Understand Kenya through evidence.
Clear, verifiable data about Kenya's government, society, economy and public life—built for citizens, journalists, researchers and anyone asking better questions.
Explore the questions ↓Uhuru vs Ruto: Kenya's Public Debt in Their First Four Fiscal-Year Windows
A head-to-head empirical comparison: Uhuru grew the debt stock 2.7× faster (+132.7% nominal, +75.2% real) and outpaced GDP. The Ruto window added more nominal shillings (+KSh 4.25T vs +KSh 2.51T) on a 4.6× larger base, while interest payments doubled to 40.8% of revenue.
What we do
We turn scattered public records into useful data, clear charts and durable civic memory.
We show our sources, explain our calculations and leave political judgment to the reader.
- Economy
- Public finance
- Politics
- Elections
- Counties
- Public services
- People
- Health
- Education
- Land & environment
What we observe
Questions about a changing country
How we work
Evidence, with context
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Start with authoritative sources.
We preserve where each number came from and when it was published.
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Show the calculation.
We make definitions, transformations and limitations visible.
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Separate evidence from judgment.
We explain what the data can show and leave political conclusions to the reader.
Public data should help people understand power—not require power to understand it.Read our first flagship release: Kenya's Public Debt Baseline →