Welcome to Nairobi Eastern Central Regional Budget Hub
The NEC Regional Budget Hub is a collaborative platform that operates in the Nairobi-Eastern-Central (NEC) regions of Kenya
About NEC Regional Budget hub
About
In 2022, Bajeti Hub established the Nairobi, Eastern, and Central region budget hub(NEC Hub) which consists of 14 counties namely: Murang’a, Nyeri, Laikipia, Nairobi, Machakos, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Kajiado, Kitui, and Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua, Makueni and Embu with Justice, Advocacy and Empowerment Center (JAEC) currently being the financial host and coordinating organization for the Hub activities. The coordination and hosting role played by JAEC is an indicator of a central and organized approach that facilitates meaningful engagement with national and county governments. The presence of 3 Coordinators and 8 budget facilitators working as a team is a valuable resource for the HUB. Their collaboration has contributed significantly to building the individual capacities as well as those of the HUB. In return, they empower the community to engage constructively with county governments because effective engagement with National and County governments is crucial for ensuring transparency, accountability, and prudent use of resources to enhance service delivery and improvement of livelihoods.
NEC Hub has been focusing on social protection, health, and education sectors which were informed by identified gaps during budget advocacy for the past 2 years. This is being achieved through a collaborative approach where each budget facilitator is working with at least 15 budget champions already trained in the 14 counties.
NEC Hub has also incubated two Hubs; The Media Hub and Disability Mainstreaming Hub. The Disability Mainstreaming hub consists of Persons with Disabilities advocates championing specific issues related to disabilities in each of the 14 counties. The Media Hub consists of media practitioners drawn from the 14conties interested in reporting public budget stories.
Mission
To unite advocates for public finance management across 14 Kenyan counties, championing transparency and accountability in budgeting to ensure inclusivity and equity in funding for social protection, health, and education, while empowering Persons with Disabilities to drive inclusive budgeting and advocate for essential legislative amendments.
Vision
To be a catalyst for sustainable development and empowerment in the region, where equitable resource allocation and inclusive participation in budgeting processes enhance the well-being of all communities, including persons with disabilities.
Latest News
17th April, 2025
Citizen Engagement in Budget Estimates
Nairobi Eastern Central Regional Budget Hub – NEC Hub‘s dedicated Budget Facilitator, Faith Kiema alongside Kitui County’s formidable Budget Champions, John Kilonzo
and Kennedy Mutisya, recently attended crucial public consultative forums on Kitui County’s Programme-Based Budget (PBB) Estimates for the Financial Year 2025/26.
Responding proactively to the Kitui County Budget Department’s call for public participation, this dynamic team meticulously unbundled the draft PBB. Their rigorous analysis culminated in the drafting of a comprehensive memorandum, which was formally presented during the physical forums held on April 15th, 2025.
18th March, 2025
Kiambu county cso empowerment Network was honoured to be invited by Centre for Enhancing Democracy & Good Governance (CEDGG) through the support of their donor to represent Kiambu County on a 2 day workshop to develop a Toolkit for a County Level CSO Coalition building in Nakuru.
Among many the legal handles and responsibilities,external resistance of the network,securing legitimacy of the network,ensuring effectiveness,how to handle splitter groups, sustainability and many other areas were discussed.
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Exchange learning 2025
Bajeti Hub in collaboration with all the five regional budget hubs has just concluded this year’s exchange learning program which was hosted by the Nairobi Eastern Central Regional Budget Hub – NEC Hub in Nyeri. This is the first time that public finance practitioners from across Kenya’s 47 counties are coming together to share and document what it is we are learning about the space.
Courtesy Call and Benchmarking
Ndirangu Gachunia is the CEC Department of Lands, Housing, Planning and Urban Development
He is also the CEO CEREB, Central Economic Region Bloc made up of the 10 Governors in the region
Nairobi, Eastern, Central, Coast, Rift, Lake and Northern regional budget hub and Bajeti Hub team paid him a courtesy call as we were to benchmark and learn from the implementation of the Conditional Grant … KISIP 2
BAJETI HUB BENCHMARKING VISIT
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