FINAL REPORT - FSD Kenya

Preference Ranking, and Seasonality of Migration and Labour. Table 1.3 provides a summary of
techniques and tools used.
Table 1.3: Tools/techniques used by District
Techniques/Number of
Sessions
Kwale Suba Nairobi Garissa Turkana*
Focus Group Discussion 14 13 8 15
Life Cycle Analysis 2 5 3 1
Cash Mobility Mapping 2 1 3 3
Time Series of Crisis 2 2 2 3
Seasonality of Income,
Expenditure, Credit and Savings
1 1 3 1
Relative Preference Ranking 2 1 3 1
Seasonality of Migration and
Labour
Financial Service Matrix (Results of
PRA triangulated with FGDs)
3 1 1
Total Number of Sessions 26 24 23 25
*Data entry going on
1.4 Research Team
A team of five consultants and eight research assistants undertook the market research exercise. Ms.
Ruth Odera and Ms. Elizabeth Waringa Kibe both of Microfinance House Ltd, Antony Kiogora,
Moses Muwanguzi, and Cecilia Kariuki, all independent consultants carried out the market research.
Ms Ruth Odera was the Team Leader for the project. Research Assistants included Phillip Gor,
Jacqueline Ochieng, Oscar Ongalo (Kwale and Suba assignment), Antar Mohammed, Sabdow Ibrahim
and Adan Ibrahim (Garissa and Nairobi assignment) and Daniel Aryong and Keem Brendan (Turkana
assignment).
1.5 Field Experiences and Limitations
The research team faced a number of challenges including impassable roads as a result of the rains that
were pounding the whole country at the time of the study. The distances between study sites were
fairly long and this created difficulties in reaching study groups or interviewees reaching the interview
locations. In some remote areas in Kwale, Garissa, Suba and Turkana the majority of the interviewees
were not familiar with existing financial services and certain tools could not be administered. All these
difficulties influenced district results in some way or the other.
Generally, in all the four districts already studied, the turnout rate was over 100% and in most cases,
community members that were not invited turned up to participate in the focus group discussions and
consultants worked late to undertake interviews. It however created certain logistical difficulties
especially that of reimbursing transportation and refreshment costs.
1.6 How to Use this Report
Section 1 of this report is an introduction with background information on the study, the objectives of
the study, research design and methodology, study team and field challenges. Section 2 provides the
main findings of the study by district starting with the background (or contextual) information on the
study districts as well as recommendations for the project.
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