actionaid finances kcoda's projects. its staff of thirty approves applications, tallies statistics, works more with paper than with the people. for actionaid, kcoda, the tiny ngo from the slum, is just a small part of a large and expensive administration. >> kcoda is a member of ten partners that we are working with around the governance that meet on a quarterly basis. and so when we are meeting we kind of look at the mou that we have signed between ourselves and our partners and say you as kcoda are supposed to have delivered a, b and c. >> no one oversees the work of aid groups, a situation henry ochido finds frustrating. all aid organizations in kenya are supposed to register with him. he has a list of more than nine thousand groups. whether they actually do any good is something ochido and his staff of just 21 can't determine. and kenya's government is not really interested in knowing. >> if you compare the aid industries with the other key sectors that generate revenue, that generate foreign exchange for this countr