[{"bbox": [154, 152, 1120, 323], "category": "Text", "text": "Kenya is one of the countries in Africa that has high levels of inequality. However, the income Gini coefficient for Kenya is relatively low compared to other African economies that are characterised by high levels of income inequality, such as South Africa and Botswana, but it is still high relative to many countries in the region. Nevertheless, in East Africa, Kenya has the highest inequality indicators compared to her neighbours, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The action aims to reduce vulnerabilities and prevent risks through actions that tackles inequality and marginalisation."}, {"bbox": [154, 391, 269, 418], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [154, 435, 1120, 550], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is aligned with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024⁹, on the fair administration of justice and democratic institutions, while supporting the implementation of the Human Rights and Democracy country strategy 2021-2024. CSOs are a core component of the action in line with the Civil Society Roadmap."}, {"bbox": [154, 618, 544, 645], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [154, 663, 1120, 948], "category": "Text", "text": "The re-emergence of ethnic divides and related discrimination and marginalisation are key challenges to the stability of the country. In addition, the porous borders with neighbouring countries pose challenges for cross-border organised crime, trafficking in human beings, smuggling of migrants and terrorism and the proliferation of violent extremism behaviour especially among youth. A relatively weak governance structure of operation on cybersecurity renders Kenya poorly prepared to complex cybersecurity attacks. Mitigation measures include addressing drivers of conflict, countering terrorism and violent extremism and direct support to secure the resilience of the cyberspace. Conflict sensitivity will be a key feature, based on the findings and recommendations of the 2022 Conflict Screening Assessment. Gender mainstreaming will be an important feature of the first component on CT-PCVE, in particular by integrating the Women, Peace and Security Agenda."}, {"bbox": [154, 1017, 393, 1042], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [154, 1061, 1118, 1246], "category": "Text", "text": "With conflict and disaster risks being the result of similar underlying causes and multiple vulnerabilities, this action tackles drivers of conflict and disasters such as the risks posed by marginalisation and poverty. However, focusing on leaving no one behind, by seeking at including the vulnerable categories (including IDPs and refugees) in the conflict prevention directly contributes to reducing the disaster risks. Furthermore, access to digital services in a cyber-secure environment directly contributes to improving the safety of the digital use and has a direct impact on reducing the risks posed by cyber-attacks to the vital infrastructure."}, {"bbox": [144, 1291, 481, 1319], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [141, 1334, 1127, 1544], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Communication and Information</td><td>Disinformation and misinformation on</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>The NCTC has a communication strategy to</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [144, 1587, 511, 1613], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ JOIN (2020) 5 final of 25.03.2020."}, {"bbox": [997, 1666, 1115, 1690], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 26"}]