For Immediate Release: 05.11.2026 

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: 

1. Immediate public release of the final IMF Governance and Anti-Corruption Diagnostic Report for the Republic of Kenya 

2. Formal tabling of the report before Parliament to facilitate public scrutiny and debate. 3. 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, deserve the truth, nothing else but the whole truth. 

Let transparency be the foundation of a stronger, more prosperous and 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: 

1. Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) 
2. Amnesty International Kenya 
3. Bajeti Hub 
4. Bunge Mashinani Initiative 
5. Center for Enhancing Democracy and Good Governance (CEDGG) 
6. Embrace Inclusion 
7. Federation of African Law Students (FALAS) Kenya 
8. Felix Kithinji 
9. Good Health Community Programmes 
10. Girls to Women Community Based Organisation 
11. Great Lake Professionals 
12. Happy Family Captains 
13. Inuka Community Developers Network 
14. Inuka Kenya Ni Sisi! 
15. Jecinta Ogando 
16. Kabete CBO for Persons with Disabilities 
17. Kakamega Community Centre 
18. Kakamega County Disability Caucus 
19. Kakamega County Widows Empowerment Project (KCWEP) 
20. Kakamega County Youth Network 
21. Kakamega Voices 
22. Kawangware Youth Paralegal Trust (KAYPAT) 
23. Kenya Human Rights Commission(KHRC)
24. Kenya National Interface Team (KNIT) 
25. Kenya National Micro and Small Manufacturers Service Providers Umbrella Organization (KENAMISMASPU) 
26. Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya) 27. Kiambu Social Accountability Network 
27. Kiambu Youth Bunge 
28. Makueni Civil Society Network (MACSON) SAGE 
29. Midrift Hurinet 
30. Nakuru Bunge la Wananchi Caucus 
31. Nam Victoria CBO (NAMVIC) 
32. Naomi Muturi 
33. National Integrity Alliance 
34. National Students Caucus 
35. Network for Research and Governance 
36. Nitasema Foundation 
37. Partnership for Transformational Development (PTD Kenya) 
38. Rift Valley Students Union 
39. Social Justice Centres Working Group 
40. Solidarity and Capacity for Opportunity, Defenders in Action (SCODA Devt CBO) 42. Solidarity Care Network 
41. Students Governing Council of Nakuru 
42. Taifa Haki CBO 
43. The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA) 
44. Transparency International Kenya 
45. Vijana Economic Front 
46. Wajir Civil Society Consortium 
47. Wajir Social Accountability Network 
48. We Believe Community Organization 

For more information, contact Mulayi Muni at mulayi.muni@tisa.or.ke 

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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.