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‘TALKING NOTES FOR CABINET SECRETARY TO THE NATIONAL TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, MR. HENRY ROTICH, DURING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DATA SIDE EVENT FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT JULY 15, 2015, ADDIS ABABA. Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury, United States of America

H.E. Amadou Ba , Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning, Senegal

Fernando Aportela, Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico

Angel Gurria, Secretary General ,OECD

Prof Jeff Sachs, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Michael Elliott, Chief Executive Officer, ONE Campaign

1. Pleasure to be present at this important forum and to be given an opportunity to

contribute on behalf of the Government of Kenya to the discourse on Harnessing the

Data Revolution towards sustainable Development.

2. Note that the outcome document under discussion for the UN Financing For

Development (FFD) Conference highlights that high quality disaggregated data is

essential for smart and transparent decision making and in supporting the post 2015

Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) Agenda.

3. Ensuring strong policy making capabilities and means of implementation of the

SGDs is of particular importance to Kenya which is co-facilitating the Post-2015 Agenda.

H.E the President of Kenya in his statement to the FFD Plenary did emphasis on the

need closing capacity gaps in national statistical offices to ensure capture of quality

disaggregated data for follow up and review of the achievements of the conference.

4. Kenya has recognized the need to address gaps in data production, openness

and use and has fully embraced the opportunities of the data revolution. In this regard,

Kenya as a nation will do the following:

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5. First, we take note that a draft report on the African Data Consensus has been

produced which offers a set of principles and actions that we can adopt at national level.

6. Second, we will lend our energies to other African Governments, the African

Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

(UNECA) in championing the adoption of this important document as a guide to our

collective action as a Continent at the next African Union Summit.

7. Third, I confirm that Kenya will be joining the Global Open Data for Agriculture

and Nutrition which works to support efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant

data available, accessible, and usable for application in our country and we will be

working on a National Agricultural Transformation Plan to support our GODAN

membership.

8. Fourth, to realize these commitments, H.E. the Deputy President of Kenya has

indeed anchored the foundation for a National Partnership on Sustainable Development

Data that has been working tirelessly to hold the first ever National Forum on

Sustainable Development Data on August 26 - 27, 2015. We are committed towards

implementing its recommendations and the emerging road map towards a successful

data revolution in Kenya. In the spirit of Pan Africanism, we also do commit to support

our African brothers and sisters in emulating our national process, suited to their

contexts. It is my hope that you will join us in Nairobi or online through live stream and

social media.

9. A community in an African perspective does not develop until it is inclusive and

cohesive. I would therefore like to congratulate the Governments of the United States,

Canada, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Senegal and UNECA as co-champions in

creating an inclusive multilateral Global partnership. We are also elated to see the

inclusion of private sector, academia, civil society, local communities and others in this

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conversation in order to tackles the informational aspects of development decision-

making in a coordinated way.

Thank You