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As a strategy for implementation the ministry of culture identified cultural stakeholders and a technical team on policy matters to develop an implementation plan of the national policy on culture and heritage.  the implementation plan included awareness creation and sensitization of communities, government administrators and the general public on the content of the policy.  the policy advocates for establishing institutional frameworks such as the construction of community cultural centres in every constituency in kenya, the establishment of the national culture council as an advisory body on matters of culture and establishment of an endowment fund to support artists and other cultural practitioners.  the policy is currently under review and hence several stakeholders forums have been organized to that effect, as well as draft necessary cabinet memos on legislative measures needed to facilitate implementation of the policy.the policy has also been implemented through a five year department of culture strategic plan which outlines programmes geared towards promotion of cultural heritage including putting in place cultural infrastructure.challenges identified in the implementation of this measure:in kenya the culture sector continuous to suffer from limited budget allocations even towards policy implementation therefore implementation has been delayed and programmes not undertaken within the set time-frames.emerging issues in terms of globalization which brings along the development of new cultures, the liberalization of industries as part of globalization is probably the biggest challenge coupled with continuous policy development processes causing delay in implementation and overlaps within the constitutional dispensation hence calling for a review of the cultural policy.inadequate awareness creation due to lack of capacity to do so, including the number of officers, media training to build capacity on cultural matters.aligning the culture and appropriation of culture by other policies such as the cultural tourism policy, the museums act, and other public sectors doing cultural work has lead to fragmentation of cultural matters.lack of departmental capacity to implement the policy due to limited funding and low staff deployment.