Ministry of Trade and Industry

"OUR VISION: To be a Leader in catalyzing competitive growth of Trade and Industry�

Functions of the Ministry
 

• Trade Development Policy
• Industrial Development Policy
• Export Promotion Council (EPC)
• Investment Promotion Center (IPC)
• Quality Control including Industrial Standards
• Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)
• Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI)
• Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation. (ICDC)
• Patents Policy
• Trade Marks
• Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE)
• Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI)
• Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI)
• Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC)
• Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA)
• Kenya Institute of Business Training (KIBT)
• District Joint Loans Board (JLB)
• Micro Enterprise Support Project (MESP)
• Business Premises Rent Tribunal (BPRT)
• COMESA
• Numerical Machining Complex (NMC)

http://www.tradeandindustry.go.ke

Ministry of Water

Mission
Assured Water Resources - availability and accessibility by all

Vision
Integrated Water Resources Management and Development through stakeholder participation to ensure water availability and accessibility to enhance National Development

Our Mandate
The Ministry's mandate is to contribute to national development through sustainable conservation, management and development of the available water and land resources and facilitate their planned exploitation.
http://www.water.go.ke

Ministry of Co-operatives

VISION
To create a vibrant and self-sustaining co-operative movement.

MISSION
To facilitate the growth and development of an economically viable co-operative sub-sector through the formulation and implementation of appropriate policy guidelines, legal framework and development programmes.
There are over 10.000 Co-operatives in Kenya which cut across all economic sectors such as Agriculture, Housing, Finance and the Distribution Trade. Their concentration is mainly in the Financial and Agricultural sectors with a membership of well over 6 million.

It is estimated that over 60% of Kenya’s population are involved in co-operatives in one way or the other. Their economic importance in overall national development is recognized in National Policy documents like ERS and SRA Strategies as important tools in modernizing Agriculture.

Savings and Credit Co-operative societies (SACCOs) have been successful in meeting the productive needs of their members, which include education of their children, payment of medical bills, investment in income generating activities and in generally uplifting the welfare of their members and dependants. Saccos have also created employment, directly and indirectly to Kenyans hence contributing to the Government’s efforts in economic recovery and wealth creation.

The Sacco membership is over 3 million, boasting of a savings of over 150 billion which 31% of our national savings in the Country. These savings enable the members to easily access sufficient quantity and quality food to satisfy their nutritional needs at all times.

Agricultural co-operatives which are involved in procurement, primary processing of commodities and distribution of technical inputs and credit account for 38% of co-operatives. It is estimated that they have a share capital of about 4 billion (3.4% of the total share capital). Their estimated turnover is Kshs 8.2 billion.

Agriculture, which is the backbone of our economy, derives its strength from Co-operatives due to the services it offers, such as, provision of credit, farm inputs, marketing, extension, value addition and processing. Agricultural co-operatives such as Dairy, Coffee, Cotton, Pyrethrum, Fisheries etc are important avenues for poverty alleviation, as they create employment to its members.

FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing has encouraged members to improve methods of production, conservation and distribution of food by making use of technical and scientific knowledge. This has contributed to increased food, clothing, housing and medical care.
http://www.cooperative.go.ke

Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

Vision

The VISION of the Ministry is "to be the Regional Leader in facilitation and delivery of efficient and effective services for a sustainable and prosperous livestock and fisheries sub-sectors".

Mission
The mission is "To create a favourable legal framework for the sustainable development of the livestock and fisheries industry; and to provide support services that increase productivity, value addition and market access for the sub- sector products".

Mandate
The mandate of the ministry is "to promote, regulate and facilitate livestock and fisheries production for socio-economic development and industrialization".
http://www.livestock.go.ke

Meteorological Department Of Kenya

Vision

Aspiring to Become a Leading, World Class Operational Forecasting Centre and Scientific Institution that Provides Optimum Contribution to Improved Quality of Life
Our Mission
To Facilitate Accessible Meteorological Information and Services and Infusion of Scientific Knowledge to Spur Socio-economic Growth and Development

Functions

· Provision of meteorological and climatological services to agriculture, forestry, water resources management, civil aviation and the private sector including industry, commerce and public utilities for the better exploitation and utilization of natural resources for national development;
· Provision of meteorological services to shipping in the western Indian Ocean including the issuing of cyclone warnings for the safety of merchant and other ships;
· Provision of meteorological services to military aviation for the safety of the Kenya Air Force aircraft for national defence;
· Organization and administration of surface and upper air meteorological observations within its area of responsibility and the publication of climatological data;
· Maintenance of an efficient telecommunications system for rapid collection and dissemination of meteorological information required for national and international use in accordance with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) procedures;
· Co-ordination of research in meteorology and climatology including co-operation with other authorities in all aspects of applied meteorological research, and the maintenance of the National Meteorological Library;
· Evolvement of suitable training programmes in all fields of meteorology and other related scientific subjects which are relevant to the development of Kenya and other countries that participate in the Department's training activities.
http://www.meteo.go.ke

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

The Kenya Agricultural Research institute (KARI) is Kenya’s premier agricultural research organization. It has the legal mandate to conduct research in the field of agriculture and veterinary sciences. The Institute also cooperates with other organizations of higher learning in training programmes and on other matters relevant to research. It also liaises with other international, regional and national research bodies that carry out similar functions as well as relevant ministries and the National Council of Science and Technology (NCST). KARI also participates in diverse relevant committees on matters pertaining to research policies and priorities. KARIs research activities are organized in form of programmes and projects which are implemented in the institute’s 22 main research Centres and 14 sub-centres located throughout the country. The Centres are allocated mandate areas within their locality for strategic, applied and adaptive research mandates depending on their comparative advantages to carry out this research.
http://www.kari.org

Ministry of Enviroment

Mandate

The mandate of the Kenya Forest Service is to provide for the establishment, development and sustainable management, including conservation and rational utilization of forest resources for the socio-economic development for the country.
Kenya Forest Service runs several programmes. However, the brief provided here is on those programmes related to the overall FAO mandate of “Helping to Build a World without Hunger”.

Forest and Tree Resources in Kenya
Forests in Kenya cover a total area of 37.6 million hectares out of which 2.1 million hectares are woodlands, 24.8 million are bush lands and 10.7 million are wooded grasslands. Out of the total forest cover only 1.7 million hectares are gazetted and managed by Forest Department. In addition to this, a total of 9.4 million hectares of a variety of tree coverage exists on farmlands, settlement areas and urban centres.
Forests ranks high as one of the important national assets for economic, environmental, social and cultural values. Despite the proportionately small area compared to the overall country’s surface area, forests will continue to play a significant role by providing a wide variety of resources for human development. They provide utility products such as timber for the construction industry, transmission poles for the energy and communication sector, fuel wood for the tea industry and also for subsistence utilization by the community and paper for the education and print media sectors.
Forests also provide a wide variety of non-wood products. They are important in conservation of biological diversity, regulation of water supplies, carbon dioxide sequestering and are a major habitat for wildlife, which promotes tourism. The hydroelectric power stations are located on major forest areas of vital water catchment and along major rivers, which also provide water to support irrigation schemes that are important for agricultural sector development.