Kenya
Population (World Bank): 55,100,586 (2023)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 5.3% (2023)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 0 Mb/d (2021)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 146
2021 Resource Governance Index Score (NRGI): Not Available
EITI Status: None
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Local Content Relevant News:
May 2024 - Local Content Bill: Get skills and investment attraction goals right
June 2023 - SA, Kenya spearheading renewables sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
September 2022 – Kenyan firms earn Sh6.9bn from Kwale titanium miner
March 2021 – MPs move to ban export of local iron ore
December 2018 – East Africa pushes for local content laws to secure community interests
November 2018 – Base Titanium shows how it’s done in Kenya
October 2018 – Untapped business links could boost economy in Kenya
May 2017 – New regulations impose local content requirements on mining companies
April 2016 – Skills for Oil, Gas Africa Project Helps Locals Secure Employment
Analysis and Case Studies:
Masai (2023) – The Impact of Extractive Industry Local Content on Community Development in Tukana County, Kenya
Kirwa & Wasunna (2021) – Local Content Requirements and Treaty Implementation in Kenya’s Petroleum Sector in Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets (Paywall)
Mkalama (2021) – Kenya's legal framework for local content in oil and gas: a case for a community centred approach
Mutsotso (2021) – An Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in Kenya’s Extractives Sector in Sovereign Wealth Funds, Local Content Policies and CSR (Paywall)
Wakiaga (2021) – Implement local content policies to steer growth
Arrumm (2021) – Women’s economic empowerment in the upstream petroleum sector - Assessment of the right to access equal economic opportunities in Kenya
Wanjiru et al. (2020) – Local Content in the Energy Sector: Prerequisite for Enhancing Local Content
Besada & O’Bright (2020) – Policy Impacts on Africa’s Extractive Sector Kenya, Mineral Wealth, and Legislation Facilitating Inclusive Development
Mwangoma (2019) – Local content implementation strategy for Kenya’s oil and gas industry: an evaluation of Sections 50, 51 and 52 of the Petroleum Act 2019
Muigua (2019) – Regulating Mining: A New Vision for Kenya?
Muigua (2019) – Reflections on Managing Natural Resources and Equitable Benefit Sharing in Kenya
Mwendwa (2019) – The Development of Local Content in the Oil and Gas Industry in Kenya: The Need for Negotiations
DAI Sustainable Business Group (2018) – Local Content Exchanges
Ngata (2018) – Enhancing the Benefits of Local Content in Kenya’s Mining Industry
Nzisa (2018) – Factors Affecting Local Content in the Extractives Sector in Kenya: A Case Study of Tullow Oil Limited
Oraro & Kadima (2017) – A detailed look at Kenya’s Mining Act, 2016
Anyona & Rop (2017) – Mitigating Against Conflicts in the Kenyan Mining Cycle: Identification of Gaps in the Participation and Recourse for Rights Holders (Civil Society & Community)
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (2016) – Implementation and Monitoring of Provisions on Local Content in the Petroleum Extraction and Production Industry in Kenya
KPMG (2016) – Analysis of the Mining Act 2016
Oxford Analytica (2016) – Kenya's new mining law could grow the nascent sector (Paywall)
Kulasingam & Oraro (2015) – Local content in Kenya's oil and gas industry
Murungi (2015) – Introducing Local Content Regulation in Kenya’s Economy: A Case Study of Kenya’s Energy, Oil and Gas Sector
Relevant Initiatives:
Ministry of Petroleum and Mining (Website under maintenance 06/2024)