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Kenya

CS-SUNN provides technical assistance and peer learning to the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN CSA) Kenya, sharing what works in Nigeria on alliance governance, sustainability and advocacy.

The CS-SUNN delegation with the SUN CSA Kenya Secretariat team outside their office in Nairobi

The CS-SUNN delegation with the SUN CSA Kenya Secretariat team in Nairobi, August 2026.

About our partner

SUN CSA Kenya coordinates non-state actors working on nutrition across Kenya. At the time of our August 2026 visit it had 441 registered member organisations across all 47 counties, with coordinated activities running in 20 counties, mostly in the Coastal and Central Rift Valley regions. The alliance works with SUN Movement structures, government ministries, Youth-SUN, academia, Biz-SUN (led by GAIN), donors and UNICEF, and is overseen by an 11-member Board of Directors.

Peer learning mission, 21–27 August 2026

A five-member CS-SUNN team spent a week with SUN CSA Kenya: at the national Secretariat in Nairobi, with county member organisations in Mombasa and Kwale, and on two nutrition-sensitive farm projects. The aim was a direct exchange on alliance governance, financial sustainability, member coordination, advocacy and nutrition-sensitive agriculture.

CS-SUNN team with members of the Mombasa County SUN CSA coalition at the CWID officesRoundtable with the Kwale County Nutrition Officer and the Kwale SUN CSA chapter executivesCS-SUNN and SUN CSA Kenya members during a field visit in Mombasa CountyCS-SUNN team and Kwale chapter members outside Diani Health Centre

What came out of the mission

  • A path to financial sustainability. CS-SUNN shared its membership dues model, which verifies active members, builds ownership and funds the Secretariat. SUN CSA Kenya agreed to put a dues proposal to its next Annual General Meeting.
  • Practical advice for a community farm. At a women-led dairy and vegetable farm, the team found gaps in feasibility planning, extension support and veterinary care, and recommended linking the project with county agricultural extension officers before restocking.
  • Biofortified crops for a youth institution. CS-SUNN connected the model farm at the Shimo la Tewa Borstal Institution with HarvestPlus for Vitamin A maize, orange-fleshed sweet potato and Vitamin A cassava, and gave US$150 towards quality planting materials.
  • A stronger county chapter. In Kwale, the County Nutrition Officer committed to bring the newly inaugurated SUN CSA Kwale chapter into local nutrition planning and technical working groups.

Agreed next steps

Action Led by When
Present a membership dues policy for approval SUN CSA Kenya Executive Director and Board Chair Next AGM (Q3/Q4 2026)
Link the women’s farm project with county extension services SUN CSA Kenya Programme Manager and CWID Within 30 days
Secure biofortified planting materials for the Shimo la Tewa farm CS-SUNN SC Lead, Partnerships, and the SUN CSA Kenya Secretariat Within 60 days
Hold joint quarterly meetings between the Kwale chapter and the County Nutrition Officer Kwale chapter coordinator and County Nutrition Officer Every quarter
Confirm the seed purchase and planting funded by the US$150 support Iron Sharpeneth Iron and the farm manager Within 45 days

The CS-SUNN mission team

  • Shuaibu Musa Kafingana, Steering Committee Lead, Partnerships and Collaborations (team lead)
  • Mariam Obiageri Azuogu, Steering Committee Lead, Capacity Building
  • Elder Kenneth Amogu, Steering Committee Lead, Resource Mobilisation
  • Olushola Peters, Communications and Campaign Manager
  • Kingsley Oha, Transport Officer and Secretariat Admin

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