Session Title: Studies of Evaluation Practice Across Multiple Contexts: Multipaper Session 732 Abstract: While most evaluation theories and scholarship originate from the perspectives of evaluators working in or based out of countries in the Global North such as the U.S., evaluation professionals in countries in the Global South carryout substantial evaluation work. Evaluation is an integral part of international development programs and projects in Kenya. Additionally, Kenyan government and non-governmental programs also attempt to integrate evaluation into their activities. Kenya has an active local community of evaluators, is home to the Kenya Evaluation Association, and Kenyan evaluators play active roles in international evaluation organizations such as the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA). This paper explores practices, uses, highlights, and challenges of evaluation in Kenya. We use document analysis of interview transcripts of Kenyan evaluators and evaluation stakeholders to represent the current state of evaluation in Kenya. This paper provides an opportunity to develop new evaluation theories incorporating the experiences of evaluators from the Global South.#2010Conference #ResearchonEvaluation #InternationalandCross-CulturalEval