This policy brief evaluates the content of Kenya’s National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism (NSCVE), which was launched in September 2016. It assesses the NSCVE’s goals and objectives; its relationship to existing counterterrorism legislation; its evidence base and performance measurement framework; the given institutional and implementation arrangements; the policy implementation context; the role of counties; and security challenges and implementation. It offers a set of recommendations which could inform future policy review and updating.

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