The Kenya Charity Sweepstake is the leading charitable organization in the country. It was inaugurated in 1966 by an act of parliament. The underlying foundation of the Kenya Charity Sweepstake is to raise funds in order to assist the government in the fight to overcome the three enemies of development namely poverty, illiteracy and disease. The organization raises funds through the sale of instant win scratch tickets which are sold countrywide by KCS agents and post offices on commission basis