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Programmes
Kenya's public money moves fast, and mostly out of sight. Budget Ndio Story tracks it, nationally and in four select counties, and turns it into stories, data, and training that young Kenyans, journalists, digital creators, government, private sector, and development partners actually use.
BNS Connect
Kenya's national budget, tracked live, from Treasury to TikTok.
Kenya's national government controls roughly three-quarters of all public spending, yet most of it moves unseen, especially by young people. BNS Connect closes that gap with a nationwide network of tr…
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County accountability
BNS Mashinani
Four counties, one relentless standard of scrutiny.
Covering all 47 counties sounds ambitious. In practice, it produces thin data and little real accountability. BNS Mashinani takes the opposite direction. We embed our teams in four…
Budget journalism training
Wanahabari Lab
Turning journalists and creators into budget-literate reporters, every quarter.
Budget Day makes headlines. The eleven months after it rarely do. Wanahabari Lab is BNS's quarterly training programme for journalists and digital creators, built to close that gap…
Impact content & storytelling
BNS Studios
Commissioned storytelling that funds Kenya's civic future.
Your organisation's impact story and knowledge product are only as useful as the audience it reaches. BNS Studios turns institutional data and reporting into podcasts, documentarie…
Next step
BNS is a true budget information ecosystem: BNS Connect monitors the national flow, BNS Mashinani dives into county-level scrutiny, and Wanahabari Lab trains the next generation of journalists and national finance storytellers — all powered by BNS Studios. Together, we transform a multi-trillion shilling budget into clear, accessible intelligence for every young Kenyan and partner.