US Mission in Kenya

USAID Kenya, a sub-agency of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the implementing arm for U.S. international development assistance programs in Kenya, funds development projects and contracts implementing partners across agriculture, health, governance, and economic-growth sectors with both federal contracts and grants.

USAID Kenya has awarded 550 federal contracts totaling $2.82 billion in combined potential value, with $2.09 billion obligated to date. Contract activity has grown steadily, with 39 awards in 2021, 46 in 2022, 50 in 2023, and 52 in 2024; 5 awards have been recorded so far in 2025. Among the last five years of contract activity, competitive concentration is highly concentrated: the top five primes by award count—Domestic Awardees (Undisclosed), Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees variants, and Foreign Awardees (Undisclosed)—account for 58 percent of recent awards but only $12.3 million in combined potential value. By contrast, when ranked by potential value, Palladium International LLC ($48.8 million on 1 award) and DAI Global LLC ($32 million on 2 awards) dominate the current portfolio; these two firms represent only 3 percent of combined potential value over the five-year window, reflecting the agency's wide distribution across implementing partners. Ninety-nine percent of contract awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides (including woman-owned small-business sole source) account for just 1 percent of awards. The agency has engaged 124 distinct prime contractors across its lifetime portfolio.

USAID Kenya has issued 129 federal grants totaling $3.31 billion in combined federal dollars obligated. Grant activity shows variability: 26 awards in 2021, 7 in 2022, 15 in 2023, 9 in 2024, and 3 so far in 2025. Grant recipients are highly fragmented, with the top five recipients by award count—including Consortium For Elections & Political Process Strengthening and Kenyatta University—accounting for only 17 percent of recent awards. By federal dollars, Centre For Health Solutions - Kenya ($51.6 million on 1 award) and Kenyatta University ($34.8 million on 2 awards) lead the current portfolio but represent only 3 percent of combined federal dollars across the five-year window. Grants are predominantly structured as Cooperative Agreements (76 percent of awards) with a smaller share of Project Grants (24 percent). The agency has funded 96 distinct recipients across its grant portfolio since 2005.