Welcome to KARA - "Together We Will"

The Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (Kara) is the apex body representing the voice and pro-active action of resident associations on consumers and taxpayers' rights countrywide – on accelerating access to public service delivery.

At an operational level, Kara focuses on the delivery of Kenya’s local authorities as potential engines of the anticipated economic growth and national re-construction in terms of improved service delivery to the residents within their respective jurisdictions

With the advent of increased decentralized public funds at the Constituency and Ward level, this has become yet another critical area of engagement for Kara with her partners on socio-economic development.

Kara was formed in 1999 out of the need to replicate successes of her founding institutions at a national scale. The Alliance was registered in September 2000, (under the Societies Act Cap. 108, section 10), as an umbrella organization wholly mandated to coalesce with a view to tackling the service delivery challenges people face on day to day basis, in a structurally unified voice.

Kara is a non-political, non-profit, non-denominational and a non-racial welfare society which continually seeks to accelerate equal access to public services, by all Kenyans and at all times. The realization of the common interests of our people has made it imperative that Kara invests in information, education and communication around issues of essential service delivery.

This gigantic task has led us to believe, through experience, that Kenyans are able to pool together their resources – peace, unity, demand and struggle for transparent and accountable leadership, zero tolerance to corruption, prompt payment of national taxes, among others – would assist Kenyans to narrow the non-poor and the poor gap. Hence, our rallying call – “Together, We Will”!

To date, Kara is keen on advocacy especially on good governance and public accountability, environment, education, security, water, land, judicial and overall consumers' and related taxpayers concerns. Beyond advocacy, Kara is continually investing in forging working and sustainable partnerships with Government, private sector and even for the larger civil society.

The Alliance is recognized by the Government of Kenya and currently sits on a number of stakeholder committees such as the Local Government Ministerial Stakeholders Forum, Security Ministerial Stakeholders Forum as well as Water Ministerial Stakeholders Forum among others, which advisory organs reports to the National Economic & Social Council (chaired by the President of the Republic of Kenya.

Kara is represented on the board of governors/directors of Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa), the apex body of the private sector in Kenya.
Kara is a member of the governing council of Kenya’s National Taxpayers Associations (Nta). The alliance is a secretariat holding member of the Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Organizations Network (Kewasnet).

Besides, Kara is a secretariat holding member of the Eastern Africa Federation of Resident Associations (Eafra). At a global level, Kara is a member of the Washington DC based International Downtown Associations (Ida). Kara chief executive Mr. Stephen Mutoro is a director at Ida.

Join our membership today for – “Together, We Will!”