The Nairobi Stack

Model Context Protocol

MCP Servers — 30 Live

Plug East Africa's digital infrastructure directly into Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, or Kimi Agent Swarm. No custom API code. All on PyPI. All MIT licensed. 30 servers covering the full coordination stack — the tool layer for AI agent swarms operating in East Africa.

mpesa-mcp

M-PESA Daraja API as MCP tools — STK push, B2C payments, balance queries, transaction status, C2B registration. First African mobile money MCP. 7 tools.

pip install mpesa-mcp MIT 1,200+ downloads

mkopo-mcp

Alternative credit scoring — 300–850 score from M-PESA behavioral signals, no formal credit history required. Loan eligibility and improvement paths. 5 tools.

pip install mkopo-mcp MIT

bima-mcp

Insurance intelligence — NHIF coverage, parametric crop risk scoring (NDMA/ACRE methodology), microinsurance comparison, community risk pool sizing. 6 tools.

pip install bima-mcp MIT

soko-mcp

Commodity price intelligence — regional price comparison across East Africa, trend analysis, sell/hold decision support for farmers. Closes information asymmetry. 5 tools.

pip install soko-mcp MIT

sifa-mcp

Reputation and trust scoring for informal economy participants — chamas, boda riders, kiosk owners. Portable trust layer without formal credit bureaus. 5 tools.

pip install sifa-mcp MIT

remit-mcp

Remittance guidance and comparison — corridor rates, KYC requirements, recipient options, and diaspora investment pathways from abroad. 5 tools.

pip install remit-mcp MIT

kra-mcp

Kenya Revenue Authority tax compliance — PAYE calculator, VAT guide, PIN registration, withholding tax rates, investment incentives. 1st world: TurboTax/HMRC. 6 tools.

pip install kra-mcp MIT

faida-mcp

Kenya capital markets — Treasury bond calculator, NSE equities guide, unit trust comparison, diaspora investment, IPO participation. 1st world: Fidelity/Schwab. 6 tools.

pip install faida-mcp MIT

wapimaji-mcp

Kenya drought and water access — NDMA drought phase monitoring, borehole registry, water point distances, county water coverage. 6 tools.

pip install wapimaji-mcp MIT

nishati-mcp

Kenya energy access — KPLC connection guidance, electricity tariff calculator, off-grid solar options, rural electrification programs, consumer rights. 5 tools.

pip install nishati-mcp MIT

usafiri-mcp

Kenya transport and logistics — matatu route finder, NTSA services guide, boda licensing, freight logistics options, passenger rights. 5 tools.

pip install usafiri-mcp MIT

ardhi-mcp

Kenya land administration — title search guidance, land rates, subdivision process, dispute resolution pathways (NLC/ELC), land rights. 5 tools.

pip install ardhi-mcp MIT

afya-mcp

Kenya health system navigation — NHIF/SHA coverage queries, facility finder, CHW services, maternal health milestones, essential medicines. 6 tools.

pip install afya-mcp MIT

afya-ya-akili-mcp

Kenya mental health resources — therapist finder, crisis lines (Befrienders Kenya 0800 723 253), teletherapy, workplace wellness, rights under Mental Health Act 2022. 5 tools.

pip install afya-ya-akili-mcp MIT

elimu-mcp

Kenya education system — school registry, KCSE/KCPE results guidance, HELB student loans, TVET programs, adult literacy resources. 5 tools.

pip install elimu-mcp MIT

kazi-mcp

Kenya labor market — employment rights, informal sector guidance, gig economy protection, job search resources, NSSF/NHIF worker rights. 5 tools.

pip install kazi-mcp MIT

haki-ya-kazi-mcp

Kenya labour rights — minimum wages, unfair dismissal guidance, maternity/paternity rights, trade union directory, Labour Relations Court. 1st world: ACAS/NLRB. 5 tools.

pip install haki-ya-kazi-mcp MIT

kilimo-mcp

Kenya precision agriculture — crop calendar, fertilizer recommendations, pest/disease alerts, market timing, KALRO varieties, input cost calculator. 1st world: Climate Corp. 6 tools.

pip install kilimo-mcp MIT

jumuia-mcp

Kenya community finance — SACCO finder, chama formation guide, cooperative benefits, SACCO loan types and rates, cooperative member rights. 5 tools.

pip install jumuia-mcp MIT

nyumba-mcp

Kenya housing — rental market guide, tenant rights, building permit process, affordable housing programs (Boma Yangu), housing finance and mortgages. 5 tools.

pip install nyumba-mcp MIT

habari-mcp

Kenya civic information — Kenya Gazette search, government tender finder, open data sources, parliament tracker, official citizen feedback channels. 5 tools.

pip install habari-mcp MIT

mazingira-mcp

Kenya environment — NEMA permit guidance, climate data sources, conservation areas, environmental rights under Constitution Art. 42, climate adaptation. 5 tools.

pip install mazingira-mcp MIT

civic-agent-kit

Unified Kenya civic AI SDK — agent builder, compliance tools, NHIF/KRA/NTSA integrations, Swahili locale support. Underlying SDK for the full stack. 8 tools.

pip install civic-agent-kit MIT

Public APIs & Data

Kenya API Reference

Every public API and data source you need, with endpoint references and usage notes.

M-PESA Daraja API

Safaricom · OAuth 2.0

Core Kenya payment infrastructure. STK push, C2B, B2C, account balance, transaction status. 35M+ registered users. Sandbox available at no cost.

https://sandbox.safaricom.co.ke/oauth/v1/generate

Africa's Talking SMS/USSD

Africa's Talking · API Key

SMS delivery to 300+ carriers, USSD session management, voice calls, airtime topup. Essential for reaching feature-phone users. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria.

https://api.africastalking.com/version1/messaging

KRA eTims API

Kenya Revenue Authority · PIN Auth

Electronic Tax Invoice Management System. Invoice submission, VSCU integration, trader details lookup. Required for VAT-registered businesses as of 2024.

https://etims.kra.go.ke/etims-api

Kenya KHIS / DHIS2

Ministry of Health · Public

Kenya Health Information System — 8,700+ health facilities, disease surveillance, maternal health indicators, immunization coverage. Full DHIS2 analytics API.

https://hiskenya.org/api/analytics

Kenya Open Data

Government of Kenya · Open

Datasets across agriculture, health, education, census, budget allocations. County-level data via devolution. Updated quarterly.

https://opendata.go.ke/api/views

Kenya Meteorological Dept

KMD · Request Access

Weather forecasts, rainfall data, climate normals. Essential for agricultural AI, flood monitoring, and energy applications. County-level granularity.

https://api.meteo.go.ke/v1/forecast

Complete Tool Directory

130+ Deployed Tools

Every tool is open-source, tested, and deployable today. All Streamlit apps run on the free tier.

💰daraja-ai

M-PESA transaction intelligence, fraud signals, paybill lookup

StreamlitGemini

🏪biashara-ai

Kenya business formalization: KRA, permits, NHIF, NSSF step-by-step

StreamlitSwahili

📈mali-ai

NSE, SACCOs, Treasury bonds — wealth building education in Swahili

StreamlitNSE

💊dawa-ai

Medicine info, drug interactions, generic alternatives in Swahili

KMPDBSafety

🌾shamba-ai

Crop disease diagnosis, market prices, weather — for 8M+ farmers

KALROWFP

⚖️kenya-legal-rag

Constitution, Employment Act, Land Act RAG in English/Swahili

RAGMCP

📄hati-ai

Upload any Kenya gov document → plain Swahili explanation

VisionPDF

📋bajeti-ai

County budget tracker — allocation vs spending with AI analysis

Transparency

📚shule-ai

KCSE curriculum tutoring in Swahili for 4M+ secondary students

KNECEducation

🌍tafsiri-ai

Swahili ↔ English, Kikuyu, Dholuo, Kamba — domain-aware translation

NLP6 langs

🧠afua-ai

Mental health support, counseling resources, crisis line integration

Crisis: 0800 723 253

💼ajira-ai

Youth employment: CV builder, interview prep, gig economy guide

FuzuBM

🔨jua-kali-ai

Informal sector AI — KIE registration, NITA certification, cooperatives

KIE3M workers

📦mzigo-ai

Import/export: KRA customs duty, EAC trade, KEBS standards

KRACOMESA

🌍wakimbizi-ai

UNHCR registration, refugee rights, humanitarian services Kenya

UNHCR560k refugees

🆘dharura-ai

Emergency response, disaster preparedness, first aid — NDMA data

NDMARedCross

🔌kenya-mcp-hub

CLI registry for all Kenya MCP servers — pip install & connect in one command

CLIRegistry

🤖civic-agent-kit

Building blocks for civic AI agents — data connectors, prompt templates, evaluation

AgentsLlamaIndex

→ Browse all 130+ repositories on GitHub

HuggingFace Datasets

Swahili NLP Datasets

Open training data for East African language AI. All datasets are CC BY 4.0.

swahili-civic-nlp

gmahia · CC BY 4.0 · Swahili/English

Annotated Swahili civic sentences covering government services, constitutional rights, M-PESA financial terms, and county administration. The foundational dataset for Kenya civic AI.

kenya-civic-data

gmahia · CC BY 4.0 · English/Swahili

Kenya county government data, budget allocations, public service metrics. Structured for NLP tasks: NER, relation extraction, and question answering on civic content.

kenya-agricultural-qa

gmahia · CC BY 4.0 · Swahili/English

Q&A pairs for Kenya agricultural advisory — crop diseases (MSV, FAW), market prices, planting calendars, livestock health. Grounded in KALRO/KEPHIS data.

kenya-legal-nlp

gmahia · CC BY 4.0 · Swahili/English

Annotated Kenya legal documents (Constitution, Employment Act, Land Act) with NER labels (PERSON, ORG, LAW, DATE) and QA pairs for legal information retrieval tasks.

Get Building

Quickstart

From zero to a working East African AI application in under 10 minutes.

Install mpesa-mcp

The fastest way to start building on Kenya's financial infrastructure.

pip install mpesa-mcp
claude mcp add mpesa -- mpesa-mcp

Configure Daraja credentials

Get a free Safaricom Daraja sandbox account at developer.safaricom.co.ke. No real money required.

# Environment variables

export MPESA_CONSUMER_KEY="your_key"

export MPESA_CONSUMER_SECRET="your_secret"

export MPESA_SHORTCODE="174379"  # sandbox

export MPESA_ENV="sandbox"

Or clone a complete app

Pick any domain and deploy a working app today. All apps work on Streamlit Cloud free tier.

# Example: Kenya farmer advisory

git clone https://github.com/gabrielmahia/shamba-ai

cd shamba-ai

pip install -r requirements.txt

# Add GOOGLE_API_KEY to .streamlit/secrets.toml

streamlit run app.py

Contribute or extend

Every tool is MIT (infrastructure) or CC BY-NC-ND (apps). Build on top, open issues, or reach out to collaborate on the LINGUA Africa grant work.

# Hub CLI to explore all MCP servers

pip install kenya-mcp-hub

kenya-mcp-hub list

familia-mcp

Family infrastructure — inheritance, wills, trusts, diaspora property, caretaker records. 1st world: LegalZoom / Trust & Will. 6 tools.

pip install familia-mcpMIT

diaspora-mcp

Full diaspora lifecycle — immigration, dual citizenship, cross-border taxes, homeland investment, community resources. 6 tools.

pip install diaspora-mcpMIT

tafsiri-mcp

Translation infrastructure — Swahili/English glossary, Kikuyu guide, Luo guide, official document terms. Thesis Layer 5. 6 tools.

pip install tafsiri-mcpMIT

offline-mcp

Local AI inference — Ollama wrapper, open weights directory, degraded-mode guide. Runs on Raspberry Pi + 50W solar. Thesis Layer 4. 6 tools.

pip install offline-mcpMIT

historia-mcp

Kenya historical archives — timeline 3000BCE→2022, independence leaders, heritage sites, ethnic groups, oral history. Thesis Layer 1. 6 tools.

pip install historia-mcpMIT

county-mcp

Kenya 47 counties — demographics, budgets, devolution services, CDF, ward information, contacts. Thesis Layer 9. 6 tools.

pip install county-mcpMIT

church-mcp

Community and religious infrastructure — Catholic dioceses, Protestant denominations, Muslim guide, welfare services, legal registration. 6 tools.

pip install church-mcpMIT

The NairobiStack

MCP Servers — 30 Live

Kenya API Reference

130+ Deployed Tools

Swahili NLP Datasets

Quickstart

The Nairobi
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