Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT) is a national umbrella organization for street vendors, hawkers and informal traders in Kenya. We are a membership umbrella organisation bringing together local urban associations of street vendors, hawkers and informal traders in thirteen towns: Nairobi, Eldoret, Nakuru, Kisumu, Migori, Mombasa, Kitale, Busia, Nyeri, Kakame
ga, Machakos, Kisii and Keroka. The national office for KENASVIT is located in Nakuru Municipality. The Alliance is run by an elected National Executive Committee whose members are drawn from the twelve urban alliances. KENASVIT is affiliated with StreetNet International, an organisation which brings together informal workers' groups in 40 countries. We are further supported by international partners including War on Want, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), and Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). Additionally, KENASVIT collaborates with like-minded civil society organisations, such as Kenya Land Alliance. We have working relationships with relevant government departments in the Ministries of Labour and Human Resource Development, Trade and Local Government.
