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Strengthening the Capacity for Research Implementation 
As mentioned earlier, KEMRI had acquired the capacity to conduct research that has 
enabled it to expand collaborative research with foreign institutes through the transfer 
of technology and infrastructure development provided by Japan.    This capacity also 
enables KEMRI to continuously obtain research grants from foreign institutes as well 
as to strengthen its financial base. 

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The budgetary sources of KEMRI consist of the MOH grants (budget from the GOK) 
for recurrent expenditures (personnel costs, lighting and heating expenses, etc.), 
research grants from foreign institutes, and earnings from income-generating activities.   
Some of the recurrent expenditures are allocated to each centre as an operational 
budget (fuel costs, costs for consumable items).    According to the directors of each 
centre, they earned 5 to 10% of their operational budget through income-generating 
activities, although this amount is not mentioned in the balance sheet. 
The MOH grants have continuously increased since 1999/2000, and reached 545 
million Kshs in 2002/03 and 852 million in 2003/04.     
Development expenditures that consist of “special accounts and grants” and “JICA 
operational grants” also increased due to the rapid increase in “special accounts and 
grants”.    Thus, the share of JICA operational grants in the development expenditures 
declined from 11% in 1998/99 to 5% in 2002/03 (see Table 4.21).