Kenya  ·  Greater Horn of Africa

Local solutions to climate change and the development challenges it brings.

Kiota Research Limited is a consultancy responding to development partners' rising demand for locally grounded answers to climate change and related development challenges in Kenya and the Greater Horn of Africa.

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2021Registered as a provider of consultancy services
40Countries where our directors and associates have worked
13Primary consulting areas
13County governments among our clients
34Assignments in our capacity statement
About Us

Your knowledge partner, rooted in the region.

Kiota Research Limited was conceived within the context of rising demand by development partners to provide local solutions in addressing the impacts of climate change and related development challenges in Kenya and the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA). Kiota was registered in 2021 as a provider of consultancy services.

Our founding directors and associates are acclaimed professionals with extensive experience offering a diverse range of consultancy services in the public, not-for-profit and for-profit sectors across 40 countries.

We believe in giving our clients tailor-made solutions — the kind that bring them back to us again and again.
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GHAKenya & the Greater Horn of Africa
What We Do

Our primary consulting areas

Thirteen areas of practice, drawing on the skills of our consultants and associates across climate, governance and development delivery.

Climate & Environment

  • 01Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
  • 02Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
  • 03Natural Resource Management (NRM)
  • 04Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
  • 05Food Security and Nutrition (FSN)

Governance & Policy

  • 06Governance and Human Rights
  • 07Research, Policy and Legislative Development
  • 08Public Sector Reforms
  • 09Conflict Management

Planning & Delivery

  • 10Capacity Building
  • 11Strategic Planning
  • 12Project Cycle Management
  • 13Markets Development
Capacity Statement

Technical work that shapes county policy

Among others, our portfolio of technical support includes the assignments below.

  • Marsabit County Climate Change Action Plan (2023–2027)

    Marsabit

  • Kilifi County Climate Change Action Plan (2023–2027)

    Kilifi

  • Siaya County Climate Change Action Plan (2023–2027)

    Siaya

  • Marsabit County Climate Finance Framework (2023–2027)

    Marsabit

  • Kisumu County Water Policy, legislation, strategic plan and Rules & Regulations

    Kisumu

  • Siaya County Water Policy and Rules & Regulations

    Siaya

  • Mombasa County Trade & Markets Policy and Bill

    Mombasa

  • Kilifi County Climate Change Policy and Climate Change (Amendment) Act

    Kilifi

  • Marsabit County Climate Change Policy, Climate Change Fund Act and Rules & Regulations

    Marsabit

  • Isiolo County Climate Change Policy

    Isiolo

  • Siaya County Climate Change Policy and Rules & Regulations

    Siaya

  • Laikipia Climate Change Policy (2025), Climate Change Act (2025) and Rules & Regulations

    Laikipia

  • Mainstreaming climate change in the West Pokot County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP 2023–2027)

    West Pokot

  • Siaya County Disaster Management Policy (2025) and Siaya County Disaster Management Act (2025)

    Siaya

  • Marsabit County Climate Information Service (CIS) Plan

    Marsabit

  • Review and completion of the Marsabit County Nutrition Action Plan (2023–2027)

    Marsabit

  • Amendment of the Isiolo and Marsabit Climate Change Fund Acts and training of judicial officers on climate change

    Isiolo · Marsabit

  • Amendment of the Marsabit Water Policy and Act (2018)

    Marsabit

  • Training on the policy formulation cycle and advocacy strategy for the ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN)

    AHN

  • Training on the policy formulation cycle and advocacy strategy for the First Responders Consortium

    Advocacy

  • Advocacy training and WASH & Food Security advocacy strategies for CSOs working across 13 counties in Kenya

    13 counties

  • Climate Change Training Manual for Marsabit County

    Marsabit

  • Training Needs Assessment (TNA), Laikipia County Climate Change Training Manual and Trainer of Trainers (ToT) training

    Laikipia

  • Training Needs Assessment (TNA), Embu County Climate Change Training Manual and Trainer of Trainers (ToT) training

    Embu

  • Capacity assessment of Water User Associations (WUAs) in Marsabit County

    Marsabit

  • Gender-Responsive Ecosystem Mapping and Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) analysis across Mombasa, Kilifi, Kitui and Nairobi — for a Swahilipot Hub Foundation consortium with the National Council of Churches and E4Impact, funded by the Mastercard Foundation

    GESI

  • Research on the performance of the 9-Point Nyalore Agenda of the County Government of Siaya

    Siaya

  • Marsabit County Participatory Climate Risk Assessment (PCRA) Report

    Marsabit

  • Kilifi County Participatory Climate Risk Assessment (PCRA) Report

    Kilifi

  • Siaya County Participatory Climate Risk Assessment (PCRA) Report

    Siaya

  • Study on the disproportionate impacts of climate change on women and girls in Isiolo and Marsabit counties

    Isiolo · Marsabit

  • Tax gap study for the County Government of Marsabit

    Marsabit

  • Challenges and opportunities for water & sanitation service provision in Kisumu County

    Kisumu

  • Challenges and opportunities for water & sanitation service provision in Siaya County

    Siaya

Tailor-made, never off the shelf.

Every assignment draws on the skills of our consultants and associates to fit the client in front of us — from county climate legislation to community-level risk assessments.

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Our Clientele

Trusted across government, civil society and academia

Our clients include government agencies, the private sector, academia and non-governmental organisations, among others.

State Actors

Kilifi County
Marsabit County
Kisumu County
Mombasa County
Meru County
Makueni County
Laikipia County
Isiolo County
Siaya County
Embu County
Wajir County
West Pokot County
Garissa County
Ministry of Energy & Petroleum
Water Sector Trust Fund

Non-State Actors

IDLO
IPSIA ACLI
PACIDA
Strathmore University
RACIDA
PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance
DAI
Swahilipot Hub Foundation
E4Impact Foundation
Our Core Team

Led by two founding directors

Elmard Omollo

Elmard Omollo

Managing Director

Kennedy Miheso

Kennedy Miheso

Director

Get in Touch

Let's talk about your next assignment.

Whether you represent a county government, a development partner, an academic institution or a civil society organisation, we'd be glad to hear from you.

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2nd Floor, Eaton Place, UN Crescent, Gigiri
Nairobi, Kenya

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