Preface
It says in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper that, “The
Government intends to continue to seek fuller representation of the poor
and other stakeholders in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
the poverty reduction strategy, and in subsequent revisions of the PRSP.”
This plain language version of the PRSP is a civil society
organisation’s contribution to making this participation happen. One of Hakikazi
Catalyst’s tasks is Popularising Policy. Five thousand Kiswahili and
two thousand English versions of this document are to be given to Central
and District government officials and to civil society organisations. The
text is also reproduced as a supplement in the Daily News (English) and
Majira (Kiswahili).
The tone and spirit of the booklet remains true to the original PRSP
but cartoons and quotations have been added along with a small section
which explains what some of the big words mean and a list of
ten questions
to stimulate heavy thinking. These extras should help readers to dig
beneath the surface and mine for deeper understandings.
Pages have been reserved in the Daily News and the Majira to record comment and feedback on the document
and the process of poverty reduction in general. These comments will also
be copied to our website (see below) which will provide a continuously
growing source of ideas and information about poverty reduction.
You are invited as an individual or as a group to respond to the
questions posed in this document and to make any other form of comment
that you feel necessary. Responses should be sent to:
