 My name is Victor Orindi. I am the coordinator of the Adaptation Consultium that brings together a number of institutions working to support county governments in Kenya to mainstream climate change but also to deliver climate finance in a more equitable and accessible way. We are based at the National Drug Management Authority which is one of our national level government institutions tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that drought does not become famine but also that we adapt to changing climate. In Kenya, we are working with five county governments which is the sub national level supporting them to put in place structures and the necessary legislation to enable delivery of climate finance in a more equitable and accessible way. We are doing this by looking at a couple of things. One is that we have supported them to put in place the county climate change legislation which all the activities will be anchored for ease of coordination. Two is that we've also provided what we call climate information services to inform the priority investment that communities come up with. Three is that the related structures have been set up by the county government at the lowest level, the ward level. We have ward adaptation planning committee that organizes the communities to identify and prioritize the investments that they want to undertake. This is then presented to the county level committee which approves based on a grid criteria to finance those priorities coming from the lower level. The relationship between the ward planning committee and county level climate change planning committee it's more of a facilitative role. So priorities come from the lower level, county government, county level structure supports and strengthens what comes from the lower level. We are largely working in the arid and semi arid areas of Kenya. These are areas that are affected by drought year-in-year-out and also based on our previous development approach these areas don't enjoy the same level of infrastructure development as the other parts of the country. So apart from the climate related impacts you also have development deficits in these areas and more often than not you find that when drought strikes people sometimes lose their sources of livelihood I'm talking about the livestock I'm talking about the crops and also they have difficulty even when they have the good seasons when they have bumper they have difficulty accessing the markets. So we are working to strengthen planning in such a way that it can respond not only to the climate change related challenges we are experiencing but also to the development challenges so that development is done in such a way that it responds to the total needs of these people. Country governments that we work with came into being in mid-2013 so they are still settling or getting in place most of their structures so we have a challenge of capacity though we are working with them to strengthen whatever capacity is available so capacity is a challenge not because of anything but because these are new structures that are evolving. Two, we have just like in any public sector employees or staff are usually moved so that has also been a challenge in some cases where you have key staff that have been leading the process being moved to another docket and then it means you spend some time to bring the new one to speed but it's a challenge that we take and strive. Third, we are going into election and election as you know is not guaranteed that the good leaders especially the good leaders you've been working with are going to come back but also it's possible that you might get better leaders so the third of elections coming up is also can be looked at in terms of challenge but also as opportunity. In Kenya we have tested the approach in these five counties three are aid, two semi are aid with different livelihood strategies different communities we think the approach is now robust enough we are documenting this and also distilling the lessons that can inform upscaling in other areas so the approach I think we've tested I think we feel is robust enough we are seeing some other county governments that were not included in the initial phase coming asking for support in how they can take this forward in their own respective counties so in Kenya we would work with our parent ministry the ministry of devolution and planning and other relevant structures to take this to scale by responding to needs and requests coming up from the different counties that some of which have approached us to help them do the same