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Compliance & Accountability

Compliance reports, monitoring and evaluation, accountability, corrective actions and reviews.

Implementation Progress Reports

Implementation status reports on the Data Sharing Protocol will be published here once prepared for the REDD+ Coordination Unit and the National REDD+ Advisory Board.

The KFS Strategic Plan 2023–2027 is implemented through two core programmes (Forest Conservation and Management; Forest Protection and Security) and a support services programme. Progress is reported quarterly and annually against the outcome indicators (see Monitoring and Evaluation).

Cost and financing of the plan

Cost of the Strategic Plan 2023–2027 and the funding gap (KSh million; Tables 10 and 11)
KSh 202,381 MNeeded over five yearsAbout KSh 40 billion a year
KSh 62,780 MExpected allocationExchequer
KSh 139,601 MFunding gap69% of the requirement

Requirement by key result area

KRA 1 Forest and tree cover: 122,277KRA 2 Conservation and protection: 13,797KRA 3 Livelihoods: 9,393KRA 4 Capacity and collaboration: 7,256Other (staff, operations): 49,658

Requirement and expected allocation, by financial year

2023/24
−28,727
2024/25
−28,085
2025/26
−27,947
2026/27
−27,242
2027/28
−27,600
RequirementExpected allocationGap in KSh million

To close the gap KFS plans to lobby for more exchequer funding, raise more revenue from its own sources (A-i-A), work with development partners and the private sector, use the Adopt-a-Forest strategy and pursue carbon credits and green bonds.

Achievements of the previous plan (2017–2022)

2.6 million haGazetted public forests secured
686,812 haNew forests gazetted
66,459 haForest established outside public forests
34,360 haDegraded natural forest rehabilitatedEnrichment planting in gazetted forests
26,388 haPlantations restocked
290 kmFire breaks established and maintained
1,343Nature-based enterprises promoted
47County governments engaged25 county plans (CIDPs) include forestry

Challenges and lessons

  • Climate-related forest fires and flash floods, and livestock moving into forests in the dry season
  • Invasive and parasitic plants (Lantana camara, yellow Cestrum, Solanum mauritianum, Prosopis juliflora, Psidium guajava)
  • Inadequate funding for operations, staff, infrastructure and capacity building
  • Weak penalties for forest offences, encroachment, long court cases and overlapping mandates
  • Slow uptake of devolved forestry functions by counties
  • Lessons: secure land tenure, integrated rangeland management, linking management to stakeholders' long-term interests, demonstration plots and continuous staff capacity building

Source: Draft NFMS/FIP Data Sharing Protocol, version 1.0, Kenya Forest Service and State Department for Forestry (July 2026); Kenya Forest Service, Strategic Plan 2023–2027.