APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA was to be tabled at the APR Forum in July 2012 the report had been overtaken by events as Kenya had gone through major governance reforms provided under the 2010 Constitution. Instead, Kenya requested to have a comprehensive second review. 20. In August 2016, Kenya submitted an 872-page second Self-Assessment Report to the APRM Secretariat. The self-assessment used four research methods to obtain data, namely desk research, expert panel surveys, a national household survey, and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). Activities related to the first two methodologies were carried out by the African Centre for Economic Growth, while the National Household Survey was carried out by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were carried out by the APRM Kenya Secretariat and the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. 1.4. Methodology for the 2nd Review of Kenya 21. The overriding objective of the second review is to assess progress made in terms of governance and socioeconomic development in the period since the base review of 2006. The specific objectives are to: • Reinvigorate and institutionalise the APRM process in the country. • Appraise to what extent the NPoA has been implemented, and its continued relevance, on the basis of which a new NPoA will be proposed and adopted. • Examine whether the identified commendable or best practices in the base review have been reinforced and promoted. • Tackle any new and emerging issues relevant to governance and socioeconomic development. 22. The process for the second review of Kenya followed the methodology of the periodic reviews, as outlined in the Methodology for Periodic Reviews in countries that have undergone the Peer Review Process.1 23. In accordance with the procedures of the APRM process, upon receiving the second Kenya Self-Assessment Report and preliminary NPOA, the APRM Secretariat organised from 3 to 7 October 2016 a Support Mission as well as a Pre-Mission Analysis. 24. The Support Mission main objective was to sensitise the stakeholders on the second Kenya review, assess the level of the country preparedness and get the Memorandum of Understanding on Technical Assessment and Review Visit signed. The MOU was signed on the 4th October 2016 by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and Professor Al Amin Abumanga, Lead Panellist for Kenya. This paved the way for the 2nd review mission. 25. The Pre-Mission analysis runs concurrently with the Support Mission. It is a new technique which was introduced in the APRM Methodology to improve the actual review mission. Its purpose is to identify the key questions that form part of the Issues Paper, which guided the APRM Secretariat. 2010. Methodology for Periodic Reviews in countries that have undergone the Peer Review Process. 1 | 59 |