Executive Order No. 1 of 2023 Organization of The Government of Kenya
Executive Order No. 1 of 2023 Organization of The Government of Kenya
Executive Order No. 1 of 2023 Organization of The Government of Kenya
1 of 2023
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
ORGANIZATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
KENYA
January, 2023
EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 1 of 2023
January, 2023
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
WHEREAS Article 129 of the Constitution underscores that executive authority of the
Republic is derived from the People of Kenya and is to be exercised in accordance with the
Constitution and for the people’s well-being and benefit;
WHEREAS Article 147 (1) of the Constitution states that the Deputy President is the
principal assistant of the President and may deputize the President in the execution of the
President’s functions;
WHEREAS under Article 147 (2) of the Constitution, the Deputy President shall
perform the functions conferred on that Office by the Constitution or any other written law;
and also any other functions as the President may assign;
WHEREAS the President appoints Cabinet Secretaries pursuant to Article 132(2) (a)
of the Constitution; and
WHEREAS the President directs and co-ordinates the functions of Ministries, State
Departments, and State Agencies; and may by a decision published in the Gazette assign
responsibility for the implementation and administration of any Act of Parliament to a Cabinet
Secretary;
ISSUED under the HAND AND SEAL of the PRESIDENT this 6th day of January the year of
Our Lord TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-THREE.
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TO:
The Auditor-General
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE........................................................................................... 10
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20. MINISTRY OF EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC), THE ASALS AND REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................... …….66
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ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Email: contact@statehouse.go.ke
president@statehouse.go.ke
WEBSITE: www.statehouse.go.ke
State House
P.O. Box 40530 – 00100
Tel.: 020-2227436
NAIROBI
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HON. KATOO OLE METITO, E.G.H.
State House Comptroller
P.O BOX 40530-00100
NAIROBI
Telephone: 020 -2227411
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§ Appointment of Chairpersons of State Corporations;
§ Appointment of State/Public Officers as provided by law;
§ Establishment of Public Offices in Accordance with the Constitution;
§ Conferment of Honours in the name of the people and the Republic;
§ Administration of Power of Mercy;
§ Accreditation of Foreign Diplomatic and Consular representatives;
§ Annual Reporting to Parliament on the Realization of National Values, Principles of
Governance, National Security and Fulfillment of Kenya’s International Obligations;
§ Implementation of the National Cohesion and Integration Values;
§ Co-ordination and Delivery of National Priorities and Flagship Programmes;
§ Public Service Reforms;
§ Management and Monitoring of the Public Service Performance;
§ Oversight of State Corporations and State Agencies;
§ Co-ordination of Counter Terrorism Strategy and Policy Implementation;
§ Co-ordination of Counter Radicalization, Disengagement and Rehabilitation;
§ Focal Point for Bilateral and Multilateral Partnerships in Counter Terrorism;
§ Creation and Co-ordination of Commission of Inquiry and Tribunals;
§ Co-ordination of Women Rights Initiatives as vested in the Women Rights Agency;
§ Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing;
§ Parliamentary Liaison;
§ Liaison of Constitutional Commissions; and
§ State House Spokesperson.
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FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND HEAD OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE
I. Administrative Head of the Executive Office of the President;
II. As Co-ordinator and convener of the Principal Secretaries Committees, support the
Executive Office of the President in facilitating the organization and efficient execution
of Government Business;
III. Promote ethics, good governance, efficiency, and effectiveness in the provision of
public services through the deployment of right skills, values, and leadership in the
Kenyan Public Service;
IV. Transmit Executive Directives/Orders and Presidential Proclamations to Ministries,
State Organs, State Departments, and State Agencies for their information,
implementation or other action;
V. Custodian of the Kenya Public Seal and other instruments of the State for national
posterity; and
VI. Perform any other function ancillary to the above as may be assigned by the
President.
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B: OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Key Offices/Institutions
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6. Co-ordinate the planning and supervise the implementation of development partners’
funded programs and projects;
7. Oversee Public Sector Reforms; and
8. Any other function as may be assigned by the President.
Key Positions/Institutions
Key Roles
1) Assist the President and the Deputy President in the co-ordination and supervision of
Government Ministries and State Departments;
2) In liaison with the Ministry responsible for Interior and National Administration,
oversee the implementation of National Government policies, programmes and
projects;
3) Chair and co-ordinate National Government legislative agenda across all ministries
and state departments in consultation with, and for transmission to the
Party/Coalition Leaders in Parliament;
4) Chair the Principal Secretaries’ Committees and supervise the technical monitoring
and evaluation of Government policies, programs and projects; and
5) Perform any other function as may be assigned by the President.
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II. MINISTRIES, STATE DEPARTMENTS/INSTITUTIONS
1. MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND NATIONAL
INTERIOR AND ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL Harambee House
ADMINISTRATION Harambee Avenue
P.O. Box 30510-00100
NAIROBI.
Telephone: 020-2227411
Telegrams: ‘RAIS’
NAIROBI
CABINET SECRETARY:
Functions: Institutions:
§ Co-ordination of § National Government
National Government Administration Officers
Functions in Counties; [National Government Co-
§ Policy on Internal ordination Act, No. 1 of
Security; 2013]
§ Oversight Over Internal § Security Training
Security affairs; Institutions;
§ Policy on National § National Crime Research
Cohesion and Centre
Integration; (National Crime Research
§ Policy on Training of Act, Cap. 62);
Security Personnel; § Government Chemist
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§ Border Management § NGO Co-ordination Board
(Marine and (Non-Governmental
Terrestrial); Organizations Co-
§ Disaster and Emergency ordination Act, Cap. 134);
Response Co- § Mt. Kenya School of
ordination; Leadership;
§ Support in co-ordination
§ Government Press;
and distribution of
Relief Food; § Betting Control and
§ Policy on National Crime Licensing Board
Research and (Betting, Lotteries and
Management; Gaming Act, Cap. 131)
§ Publishing of the Kenya § National Authority for the
Gazette; Campaign Against Alcohol
§ Designing, and Drug Abuse (National
authenticating, Authority for the
cataloguing, Campaign Against Alcohol
standardization and and Drug Abuse Act, No.
printing of Government 14 of 2012).
Security documents;
§ Independent Policing
§ Public Benefits Oversight Authority
Organizations;
§ State Functions and
(Independent Policing
Government
Oversight Authority Act,
Receptionist; No. 35 of 2011)
§ Proclamation of Public § Private Security
Holidays; Regulatory Authority
§ Policy on Betting, (Private Security
Lotteries and Gaming; Regulatory Authority Act,
§ Security Roads and No. 30 of 2016)
Airstrips; § National Cohesion and
§ Small Arms and Light Integration Commission
Weapons Management;
(Cohesion and Integration
and
Commission Act, No. 12 of
§ Control of Drug and 2008)
Narcotic Substances.
§ Kenya Coast Guard
Service
(Kenya Coast Guard
Service Act, No. 11 of
2018)
II. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES
Functions: Institutions:
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§ Prisons Enterprise; § Borstal Institutions
(Borstal Institutions Act,
§ Development of
Cap. 92)
Administrative Policies
for Borstal Institutions § Prisons Enterprise Fund
and Facilities for (Public Finance
Incarcerated Minors; Management Act, 2012)
and
§ Probation Services.
Functions: Institutions:
§ Registration of Births and § National Registration
Deaths; Bureau; Civil Registration
§ Registrations of Persons; of Persons (The
Registration of Persons
§ Policy on the National Act, Cap. 107, the
Integration Identity Registration of Births and
Management System; Deaths Act, Cap.149);
§ Development of the § Directorate of
National Integrated Immigration;
Identity Management § Refugee Affairs
System (Huduma Secretariat;
Namba);
§ The Refugee Affairs
§ Oversight over and Co- Committee
ordination of the (The Refugees Act, No. 10
Management of the of 2021)
National Primary Data
§ Directorate of e-Citizen
Registers for Citizens and
Services
Foreign Nationals;
§ Collaboration with other
Ministries, Departments
and Agencies Regarding
the collection of relevant
primary data;
§ Co-ordination of eCitizen
Services;
§ Oversight of the
Integrated Population
Registration Systems
(IPRS);
§ Implementation of
Citizenship and
Immigration Policy; and
§ Implementation of
Refugees’ and Asylum-
seekers’ Policies.
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2. MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEFENCE
Ulinzi House
P.O Box 40668-00100
NAIROBI
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
Functions: Institutions:
§ National Defence Policy § Kenya Defence Forces
and Management; (Constitution of Kenya –
Article 241);
§ Protection of the
Sovereignty and § National Defence Council
Territorial Integrity of
§ National Defence
the Republic;
University of Kenya;
§ Support to Civil
§ Defence Staff College;
Authorities in Situations
of Emergency and § Kenya Ordinance Factory
Disaster; Corporation
(Legal Notice No. 125 of
§ Defence Intelligence;
23rd July, 1997, State
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§ Co-ordinate and Corporations Act, Cap.
Regulate Space Related 446);
Activities in the § The Kenya Space Agency
Country; and (The Kenya Space Agency
Order, 2016).
§ Implement the Kenya
Space Policy and any § Kenya Shipyards Limited
Related Programmes.
CABINET SECRETARY:
I. THE NATIONAL
TREASURY
Functions: Institutions:
§ Overall Economic Policy § Central Bank of Kenya
Management;
(Central Bank of Kenya
§ Management of Public Act, Cap. 491/Article 231,
Finance; Constitution);
§ Formulation of National
Budget;
§ Public Debt § Kenya Revenue Authority
Management; (Kenya Revenue Authority
§ Formulation and Act, No. 2 of 1995);
Maintenance of
Government Accounting
§ Capital Markets Authority
Standards;
(Capital Markets Authority
§ Bilateral and Multi- Act, Cap. 485A);
Lateral Financial
Relations;
§ Capital Markets Policy; § Competition Authority of
§ Oversight over Revenue Kenya
Collection as Prescribed (Competition Act, No. 12
under all written; of 2010);
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§ Competition Policy § Insurance Regulatory
Management; Authority
§ National Pensions Policy (Insurance Act, Cap.
Management; 487);
§ Insurance Policy and
Regulation; § Retirement Benefits
§ Public Procurement and Authority
Disposal Policy; (Retirement Benefits Act,
No. 3 of 1997)
§ Public Investment Policy
and Oversight;
§ Unclaimed Financial
§ Development and
Assets Authority
Enforcement of
(Unclaimed Financial
Financial Governance
Assets Act, No. 4 of
Standards;
2011);
§ Financial Sector
Analysis and § Kenya Deposit Insurance
Management including Corporation
SACCOs, NSSF and (Kenya Deposit Insurance
NHIF; Act, No. 4 of 2012);
§ Financial Institutions
Oversight; § Equalization Fund
§ Management of (Article 204 of the
National and County Constitution of Kenya);
Governments Financial
Management System § Contingencies Fund
and Standards; (Article 208 of the
§ Development of Kenya Constitution);
as an International
Financial Centre; § Nairobi International
§ Anti-Money Laundering Financial Centre
Policy; (Nairobi International
§ Custodian of National Financial Centre Act, No.
Government Assets and 25 of 2017)
Properties; and
§ Secretariat to § Privatization Commission
Intergovernmental (Privatization Act, No. 2 of
Budget and Economic 2005);
Council.
§ Public Private Partnership
Unit
(Public Private Partnership
Act, No. 14 of 2021)
§ Public Procurement
Regulatory Authority
(Public Procurement and
Disposal Act, No. 33 of
2015)
§ Kenya Reinsurance
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Corporation
(Kenya Reinsurance Act,
Cap. 487)
§ Anti-Money Laundering
Advisory Board
(Proceeds of Crime and
Anti-Money Laundering
Act, No. 9 of 2009);
§ Kenya Institute of
Supplies Management
(Supplies Practitioners
Management Act, No. 17
of 2007);
§ Policy Holders
Compensation Fund
(Insurance Act, Cap. 487,
Policy Holders
Compensation Regulations
2010);
§ Consolidated Bank of
Kenya (Companies Act);
§ Development Bank of
Kenya;
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(Kenya Post Office Savings
Bank Act, Cap. 483B);
§ Government Digital
Payments (eCitizen);
§ Registration of Certified
Public Secretaries Board;
(Certified Public
Secretaries of Kenya, Cap.
534);
§ Accountants Disciplinary
Committee
(Accountants Act, Cap.
15);
§ Institute of Certified
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Investments and Financial
Analysts
(Investments and
Financial Analysts Act, No.
13 of 2015)
§ Kenya National
Entrepreneurship Savings
Trust (KNEST)
§ Kenya Institute of
Supplies Management;
§ Kenya Institute of
Supplies Examination
Board;
§ Public Service
Superannuation Scheme;
§ Government Clearance
Agency Fund; and
Functions:
Institutions:
§ National and Sectoral
Development Planning; § Kenya Institute of Public
§ National Statistics Policy Research and
Management; Analysis
§ National Census and (KIPPRA Act, No. 15 of
Housing Surveys; 2006)
§ Population Policy
§ Kenya Vision 2030 Board;
Management;
§ Liaison with Economic § National Government
Commission for Africa; Constituency
Development Fund
§ Monitoring and (National Government
Evaluation of Economic Constituency
Trends; Development Fund Board,
§ Co-ordination of Act No. 30 of 2015)
Implementation, § Kenya National Bureau of
Monitoring and Statistics
Evaluation of (Statistics Act No. 4 of
Sustainable 2006);
Development Goals
(SDG’s).
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§ National Co-ordinating
Agency for Population and
Development (National
Co-ordinating Agency for
Population and
Development Order,
2004);
§ New Partnership for
African Development
(NEPAD)/Annual Peer
Review Mechanism
(APRM);
§ Community Development
Trust Fund (ACP/EU
Protocol).
CABINET SECRETARY:
I. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
Functions: Institutions:
§ Management of Kenya’s § Kenya Foreign Service
Foreign Policy. Institute
§ Projection, Promotion (Foreign Service Act, No.
and Protection of 12 of 2021)
Kenya’s Interest and § All Kenya Missions and
Image globally; High Commissions Abroad
§ Management of Kenya’s
Missions, Embassies
and High Commissions
Abroad;
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§ Co-ordinating Regional
Peace Initiatives;
§ Ratifications/Accession
to, Depository and
Custodian of all
International Treaties,
Agreements and
Conventions where
Kenya is a Party;
§ Co-ordinations of
Matters Relating to
IGAD and Association of
Regional Cooperation
(ARC);
§ Liaising and Co-
ordinating with World
Trade Bodies and UN
Agencies;
§ Promotion of Nairobi as
a Hub for Multilateral
Diplomacy;
§ Lobbying for Kenya
Candidature in the
International
Governance System;
§ Negotiation and
Conclusion of
Headquarters and Host
Country Agreements
with International
Organizations and
Agencies;
§ Liaison with
International and
Regional Organizations;
§ Liaison with Foreign
Missions in Kenya;
§ Administration of
Diplomatic Privileges
and Immunities;
§ Co-ordination of State
and Official Visits;
§ Protocol and State
Courtesy;
§ Provision of Consular
Services;
§ Management of Joint
Commissions with other
Countries;
§ Management of
Bilateral and Multi-
lateral Relations; and
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§ Official Communications
on Global Foreign
Relations.
II. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR DIASPORA
AFFAIRS
Functions:
§ Promotion of continuous
dialogue with Kenyans
abroad;
§ Champion the Protection of
Kenya’s Diaspora rights
and welfare;
§ Support Kenyans in the
diaspora in harnessing
more opportunities for
employment and enterprise
development;
§ Develop Incentive
framework for Diaspora
Remittances;
§ Harness Diaspora savings,
facilitate FDI and
Technology transfers; and
§ Mainstreaming the Kenyan
Diaspora into the national
development process.
3. KAMPALA 4. DAR-ES-SALAAM
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Email:daressalaam@mfa.go.ke
+255222668285/6
5. KHARTOUM 6. KIGALI
7. GABORONE 8. LUSAKA
Ambassador Ambassador
Kenya Embassy, Somalia Kenya Embassy, Harare
Kenya Embassy to Somalia Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya 95 Parklane
NSSF Building, Wing A (22nd Floor) P.O. Box 4069
P.O. Box 67454-00200 HARARE, ZIMBABWE
NAIROBI, KENYA Email: Harare@mfa.go.ke
+254202733883 +2634704820
+254202736390 +2634704637
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11. KINSHASA 12. LUANDA
Ambassador Ambassador
Kenya Embassy, Kinshasa Kenya Embassy,
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
4002 ave de L’Ouganda LUANDA
BP 9667
KINSHASA
Tel: (+243) 815565935/65936
Fax: (+243) 81301676
Email: Kinshasa@mfa.go.ke
+249155772801
Ambassador Ambassador
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Embassy of Republic of Kenya, Kenya Consulate
Bujumbura Republic of South Sudan
PTA Bank Building, 2nd Floor West Hai Nimra Talata
Wing P. O. Box 208
JUBA
0 Malley ACT 2606 GPO Box 1990 Plot No. 1-3, Street No. 27
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E-Mail: newdelhi@mfa.go.ke
+911126146537
+911126246538
+911126246540
25. TOKYO 26. BANGKOK
Ambassador Ambassador
Kenya Embassy, Tokyo Kenya Embassy, Bangkok
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
3-24-3, Yakumo, Meguro-ku, 62 Thong Lor Soi 5,
TOKYO JAPAN Sukhumvit 55 Rd, Klongtan,
E-Mail: tokyo@mfa.go.ke Wattana, Bangkok 10110
+81337234006/7 THAILAND
E-Mail: bangkok@mfa.go.ke
+6627125721
+6623910906/7
27. SEOUL 28. BRUSSELS
Seoul Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya Kenya Embassy, Brussels
243-36 Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
Hoinamu Ro 44- gil 38 Yangsan-gu Avenue Winston Churchill 208
SEOUL (140-857) 1180
E-mail: seoul@mfa.go.ke BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
+82237852903/4 E-Mail: brussels@mfa.go.ke
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HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Email: hague@mfa.go.ke
+3170338252/1
33. MOSCOW 34. PARIS
Ambassador Ambassador
Kenya Embassy, Paris
Kenya Embassy, Moscow
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
3 RUE, FREYCINET
Korovy Val 7, Apartment 227 75116 PARIS FRANCE
119049 MOSCOW, RUSSIA Tel: 000-33-1-56622525
Email: moscow@mfa.go.ke Fax: 000-33-1-47204441
Email: Paris@amb-kenya.fr
+74992300232
+74992302778
+74992300554
35. ROME 36. STOCKHOLM
Ambassador
Ambassador Kenya Embassy, Stockholm
Kenya Embassy, Rome Embassy of Republic of Kenya
Birger Jarlsgatan 37, 2 Floor
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
Box 7694
Viale Luca Gaurico, 205 00143, ROME,
10395
ITALY
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Email: rome@mfa.go.ke
Email: stockholm@mfa.go.ke
+393356828393
+468218300/4/9
+393356828570 +4684402114/7
Ambassador Ambassador
Kenya Embassy, Spain Permanent Delegation of
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Embassy of the Republic of Kenya Kenya to UNESCO
c/Jorge Juan, 9, 3 Dcha 1 Rue Miollis
28001 MADRID, SPAIN 75732 Paris Cedex 15
Email: madrid@mfa.go.ke FRANCE
+34917812000 Email: paris_unesco@mfa.go.ke
+3314145683281
41. ANKARA 42. DOHA
Ambassador Ambassador
Kenya Embassy, Ankara Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
LIkbahar mahallesi, turan gunes West Bay, Zone 55, Street 840,
bulvari Galip erden caddesi, (571 Hse No. 131
cadde), 612 sokak No. 10 06550 yildiz, P.O. Box 23091
cankaya ANKARA-TURKEY Embassy,
Turkey DOHA, QATAR
+903124914508/09/12/16 +97444931870
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Embassy of the Republic of Kenya 4801 Wilshire Boulevard
2249 R Street, NW Los Angeles, CA 90010
WASHINGTON, DC 20008 Email: losangeles@mfa.go.ke
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +13239392408
Email: washington@mfa.go.ke
+12023876101
49. BRASILIA 50. ABU DHABI
Ambassador Ambassador
Embassy of Republic of Kenya, Kenya Embassy, Abu Dhabi
Brasilia, Brazil Embassy of the Kenya
SHIS QL 10, Conjunto 08, Casa 08, Villa No. 11/1 Ras Al Khaima Area
Lago-Sul, Brasilia-DF CEP: 71630-085, Khalifa Bin Shakboot Street 28
BRASIL –DF
Sector 55, Zone 2, Street 1
Email: brazil@mfa.go.ke
P. O. Box 3854
+556133640691
ABU DHABI
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Email: abudhabi@mfa.go.ke
+97126666300
51. RIYADH 52. TEHRAN
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55. DAKAR 56. DJIBOUTI
Ambassador Ambassador
Kenya Embassy, Dakar Kenya Embassy, Djibouti
VILLA NO. 16, IMPASSE FN 18 TF 11866, VILLA NO. 3,
HARAMOUS
BOITE POSTALE 1571
+25321252424
FANN RESIDENCE
DAKAR, SENEGAL
dakar@mfa.go.ke
kedakar2020@gmail.com
+221338644600/338684867
Ambassador Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya, Kenya Embassy, Beijing
Cuba Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
31st Street, No. 1419 Between 14th No. 4 XILIU JIE, SAN LI TUN,
and 18th street, Miramar Havana
BEIJING 100600
Email: cuba@mfa.go.ke
Peoples Republic of CHINA
+5372140734
Email: beijing@mfa.go.ke
+5372140735
+86106532381
+861065322473
+861065325561
61. MAPUTO 62. DUBAI
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SOMMERSCHIELD 75b Street, Villa 14
MAPUTO P. O. Box 214933
MOZAMBIQUE DUBAI, UNITED EMIRATES
maputo@mfa.go.ke Email: dubai@mfa.go.ke
+258858818074 +971434428111
63. ARUSHA 64. GOMA
CABINET SECRETARY:
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§ STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
Functions: Institutions:
§ Public Sector Reforms and § Kenya School of
Transformation including Government (Kenya
Operational Standards and School of Government
Process Engineering; Act, No. 9 of 2012)
§ Government Human Resource § National Youth
Information Systems and Service
Services; (National Youth
§ Overseeing the management Service Act, No. 17 of
of NYS; 2018)
§ Internship and Volunteer § Huduma Centres
Policy for Public Service; § Institute of Human
§ Government Payroll Policy and Resource
Standards; Management, (Human
§ Government Shared Support Resource
Services; Management
§ Research, Development and Professionals Act, No.
Public Service Delivery 52 of 2012)
Innovations;
§ Public Service Career Planning
and Development;
§ Administration of Insurance
and Welfare Programmes for
the Civil Service, including:
Comprehensive Group Life,
Last expense, Work Injury
Benefits and Group Personal
Accident Insurance Cover;
and
§ Counselling Policy and
Service.
I. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
GENDER AND
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Functions: Institutions:
§ Gender Policy Management; § The National
§ Special Programmes for Government
Women Empowerment; Affirmative Action
Fund
§ Gender Mainstreaming in
Ministries/ Departments § Anti-Female Genital
/Agencies; Mutilation Board
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Gender Violence;
§ Affirmative Action Policy;
§ Promote equity;
§ Undertake a national survey
on special needs;
§ Mainstreaming affirmative
action in Ministries/
Departments /Agencies; and
§ Ensure Compliance with
affirmative action principles as
envisaged in the Constitution.
CABINET SECRETARY
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§ Enforcement of Axle Load No. 2 of 2007)
Control. § Kenya Institute of
Highways and
Building Technology
§ Kenya Institute of
Technology
§ Engineers Board of
Kenya
(Engineers
Registration Act, Cap.
530A
§ Kenya Engineering
Technologists
Registration Board
(Engineering
Technology Act,
2016)
§ Mechanical and
Transport Fund
(Public Finance
Management Act, No.
18 of 2012).
II. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
TRANSPORT
Functions: Institutions:
§ Transport Policy Management; § Kenya Railways
§ Rail Transport and Corporation
Infrastructure Management; (Kenya Railways
§ Fast Tracking Identified Corporation Act, Cap.
Northern and LAPPSET 397)
Transport Corridor Projects; § Northern Corridor
§ Oversight and Co-ordination of Transit and Transport
Northern Corridor Transport Co-ordination
and Lamu South Sudan (NCTTCA)
Ethiopia Transit (LAPSSET) § LAPSSET
Programmes Implementation; Development
§ Civil Aviation Management and Authority
Training; (State Corporations
§ Registration and Insurance of Act, Cap. 446,
Motor Vehicles; Gazette Notice-2013)
§ Motor Vehicles Inspection; § Kenya Airports
§ National Transport Safety; Authority
§ National Road Safety (Kenya Airports
Management; Authority Act, Cap.
395)
§ National Roads Transport
Policy; § Kenya Civil Aviation
Authority
§ Axle Load Control Policy and
Standards; (Civil Aviation Act,
No. 21 of 2013)
§ Development and Maintenance
of Air Strips; and § East African School of
Aviation
§ Oversee the establishment of
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an integrated, efficient, (Civil Aviation Act,
effective and sustainable No. 21 of 2013)
Urban Public Transport system § Kenya Ports Authority
within the Nairobi Metropolitan (Kenya Ports
Area. Authority Act, Cap.
391)
§ National Transport
and Safety Authority
(The National
Transport and Safety
Authority Act, No. 33
of 2012)
§ The Nairobi
Metropolitan Area
Transport Authority
(The Nairobi
Metropolitan Area
Transport Authority
Order, 2016)
CABINET SECRETARY:
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I. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
LANDS AND PHYSICAL
PLANNING
Functions: Institutions:
§ National Lands Policy and § Physical Planners
Management; Registration Board
§ Physical Planning for Land (Physical Planners
Use; Registration Act, No.
§ Land Transactions; 3 of 1996)
§ Survey and Mapping; § Valuers Registration
§ Land Adjudication; Board
§ Land Registration; (The Valuers Act,
§ National Spatial Infrastructure;
Cap. 532)
§ Land and Property Valuation § Settlement Trustee
Fund
§ Services Administration;
§ Land Surveyors Board
§ Land Information Systems;
§ Maintenance of a Public Land (Survey Act, Cap 299)
Bank;
§ Administration of Public Land
as Designated by the
Constitution;
§ Land Settlement Policy and
Management;
§ Land Settlement Matters;
§ Rural Settlement Planning.
II. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
Institutions:
Functions:
§ National Housing
§ Housing Policy Management; Corporation
§ Management of Civil Servants (Housing Act, Cap
Housing Scheme; 117
§ Development and § National Housing
Management of Affordable Development Fund
Housing; (Housing Act, Cap
§ National Secretariat for Human 117)
Settlement; § Civil Servants
§ Appropriate low-cost housing Housing Scheme
building and construction Fund
technologies; § Estate Agents
§ Development and Registration Board
Management of Government (The Estate Agents
Pool Housing; Act, Cap. 533)
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§ Maintenance of Inventory of
Government Housing Property;
§ Urban Planning Policy;
§ Townships, Municipalities and
Cities Policy.
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8. MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND THE
INFORMATION, DIGITAL ECONOMY
COMMUNICATION Teleposta Towers
AND THE DIGITAL
P.O Box 30025-00100
ECONOMY
NAIROBI
Telephone: 020-4920000/100
Website: www.information.go.ke
CABINET SECRETARY:
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Act, Cap. 446)
§ Kenya News Agency
§ Government
Advertising Agency
§ Telkom Kenya
Limited
(Companies Act, Cap.
486)
§ National
Communications
Secretariat
§ Kenya Year Book
Editorial
(Kenya Year Book
Order of 2007)
II. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
INFORMATION
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AND
DIGITAL ECONOMY
Functions:
Institutions:
§ To Facilitate the Development
of the Information and § Office of the Data
Communications Sector Protection
(including Broadcasting, Commissioner
multimedia); (Data Protection Act,
2019)
§ Data Protection Policy and
§ Konza Technopolis
Regulation of Personal Data
Development
Services;
Authority
§ National ICT Policy; (Konza Technopolis
§ Promotion of ICT Innovation Development Order,
and Digital Economy; 2012)
§ Kenya ICT Authority
§ Promotion of E-Government; (Legal Notice No. 183
§ Promotion of Software of 2013)
Development Industry; § The East African
§ Provision of ICT Technical Marine Cable System
Support to MDAs; Limited “TEAMS”
§ Policy on Automation of (Companies Act, Cap.
Government Services; 486)
§ Development of National § Kenya Advanced
Communication Capacity and Institute of Science
Infrastructure; and Technology
§ Management of National Fibre (KAIST)
Optic Infrastructure. (Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
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9. MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF HEALTH
HEALTH Afya House
Cathedral Road
P.O. Box 30016-00100
NAIROBI
Telephone: 020-2717077
CABINET SECRETARY:
Functions: Institutions:
§ Medical Services Policy;
§ National Health
§ Curative Health Services;
Insurance Fund (NHIF)
§ Health Policy and (National Health
Management; Insurance Act, No. 9 of
§ Pharmacy and Medicines 1998)
Control;
§ National Health Referral § Kenya Medical Supplies
Services; Authority (KEMSA)
§ Cancer Management Policy; (Kenya Medical Supplies
and Authority Act, No. 20 of
§ Medical Research. 2013)
§ Kenya Medical
Research Institute
(KEMRI)
(State Corporations
Act, Cap. 446 The
Kenya Medical
Research Institute
Order, 2021- Legal
Notice No. 35 of
2021)
§ Kenyatta National
Hospital
(State Corporations Act,
Cap. 446, Kenyatta
National Hospital Board
36
Order, 1987)
§ Kenyatta University
Teaching, Referral and
Research Hospital
(State Corporations Act,
Cap. 446, Kenyatta
University Teaching,
Referral and Research
Hospital Order, 2019 –
Legal Notice No. 4 of
2019)
§ Mathari National
Teaching and Referral
Mental Hospital
(State Corporations Act,
Cap. 446, Mathari
National Teaching and
Referral Mental Hospital
Order, 2020- Legal
Notice No. 165 of 2020)
Functions: Institution:
§ Public Health and Sanitation § Kenya Medical
Policy; Practitioners and
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§ Preventive and Promotive Dentist Council
Health Services; (Medical Practitioners
§ Policy on Human Resource and Dentists Act, Cap.
Development for Health Care 253)
Workers;
§ Kenya Health
§ Health Education
Professionals Oversight
Management;
Authority
§ Food Quality, Hygiene and (Health Act. No. 21 of
Nutrition Policy; 2017)
§ Reproductive Health Policy;
§ Quarantine Administration; § Kenya Medical
§ Radiation Policy; Training College
§ Immunization Policy and (KMTC)(Kenya Medical
Management; and Training College Act,
§ Control and Protection Cap.261)
HIV/Aids Management.
§ Kenya BioVax Institute
Limited
§ Kenya Hospital
Authority Trust Fund
§ Counselors and
Psychologists Board
(Counsellors and
Psychologists Act, No.
14 of 2014)
§ Physiotherapy Council
of Kenya
(Physiotherapists Act,
No. 20 of 2014)
§ Kenya Medical
Laboratory Technicians
and Technologists
38
Board
(The Medical
Laboratory Technicians
and Technologists Act,
No. 10 of 1999)
§ Nursing Council of
Kenya
(Nurses and Midwives
Act, Cap. 257)
§ Kenya Nuclear
Regulatory Authority
(Previously Known as
Radiation Protection
Board (Radiation
Protection Act, Cap.
243)
§ National Syndemic
39
Diseases Control Council
(Previously Known as
The National Aids
Control Council (State
Corporations Act, Cap.
446, National Syndemic
Diseases Control Council
Order, 1999)
CABINET SECRETARY:
40
Norms; of 1986)
§ Management of Education § Kenya Institute of
Standards; Curriculum
§ Management of National Development
Examinations and Certification; (Kenya Institute of
§ Curriculum Development; Curriculum
§ Quality Assurance in Development Act, No.
Education; 4 of 2013)
§ Special Needs Education § Centre for
Management; Mathematics, Science
and Technology in
§ Representation of Kenya in Africa
Africa UNESCO;
The Basic Education
§ Teacher Training; and
Act, No. 14 of 2013,
§ Adult Education Management. (Board of Governors)
(Centre for
Mathematics, Science
and Technology in
Africa) Order, 2006
§ Kenya National
Commission for
UNESCO
(Kenya National
Commission for
UNESCO Act, No. 5 of
2013)
§ Kenya Education
Management Institute
(KEMI)
(The Basic Education
Act, No. 14 of 2013)
(The Education
(Kenya Education
Management
Institute), Order,
2010 – (Legal Notice
No. 19 of 2010)
§ School Equipment
Production Unit
(The Companies Act,
Cap. 486)
§ Jomo Kenyatta
Foundation
(The Companies Act,
Cap. 486)
§ National Commission
for Nomadic
Education
(NACONEC)
41
§ Kenya Institute for
the Blind
§ The President’s
Award Kenya
(The President’s
Award Act, No. 30 of
2017)
Functions: Institutions:
§ Technical and Vocational § Technical and
Education Policy Development Vocational Education
and Management; and Training
§ Technical Vocational Education Authority
Training; (Technical and
§ Management of Institutes of Vocational Education
Science and Technology; and Training
§ Management of National Authority Act, No. 29
Polytechnics; of 2013)
§ Registration of TVET § Technical Vocational
Institutions; Education Training
§ Management of Vocational Fund Board
Education Training Institutions (TVET Act, No. 29 of
’TVETs’; 2013)
§ Management of Technical § Curriculum
Training Institutes; Development
§ Policy and Standards Assessment and
development for Youth Certification Council
Polytechnics and Vocational (TVET Act, No. 29 of
Training; 2013)
§ Apprenticeship and Training § Kenya National
management of Technical and Qualifications
Vocational Training. Authority
§ Kenya School of TVET
(Kenya Technical
Trainers College)-
Previously KTTC)
III. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH
Functions: Institutions:
§ Commission for
§ University Education Policy and
Standards; University Education
§ Kenya Universities
§ University Education
and Colleges
Management;
Placement Service
§ Management of Continuing (Universities Act, No.
Education (excluding TVETS); 42 of 2012
42
§ Public Universities § National Commission
Management; for Science
§ Education Research and Technology and
Policy; Innovation
§ Policy and Standards on (Science, Technology
Science and Technology. and Innovation Act,
No. 28 of 2013)
§ Higher Education
Loans Board
(Higher Education
Loans Board Act, No.
3 of 1995)
§ National Research
Fund
(Science, Technology
and Innovation Act,
2013)
§ Universities Funding
Board
§ Kenyatta University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ University of Nairobi
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Jomo Kenyatta
University of
Agriculture and
Technology
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Moi University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ University of Eldoret
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Karatina University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Taita Taveta
University
(Universities Act No.
42 of 2012)
§ Kirinyaga University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Muranga University of
Technology
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
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§ Egerton University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Maseno University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Masinde Muliro
University of Science
and Technology
(Universities Act No.
42 of 2012)
§ The Technical
University of Kenya
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Technical University
of Mombasa
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Pwani University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
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§ Meru University of
Science and
Technology
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Garissa University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Machakos University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Multi-Media
University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Kisii University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Rongo University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ University of Embu
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Chuka University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Tharaka University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Co-operative
University of Kenya
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Kaimosi Friends
University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Alupe University
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Mama Ngina
University College
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Bomet University
College (Universities
Act, No. 42 of 2012)
§ Tom Mboya
University
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(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ Turkana University
College (Universities
Act, No. 42 of 2012)
§ Koitalel Arap Samoei
University College
(Universities Act, No.
42 of 2012)
§ University of Nairobi
Enterprises
(Companies Act, Cap.
486)
§ University of Nairobi
Press
CABINET SECRETARY:
Functions: Institutions:
§ National Agricultural Policy and § Agriculture and Food
Management; Authority (AFA)
§ National Food Policy; (Agriculture and Food
§ Strategic Food Reserves; Authority Act, No.13
of 2013)
§ Agricultural Crops
Development, Regulation and § Tea Board of Kenya
Promotion; (Tea Act, No. 3 of
§ Agriculture Financing; 2020)
46
§ Phytosanitary Services and § Agricultural Finance
International Standards Corporation
Compliance; (Agricultural Finance
§ Policy on Agricultural Training; Corporation, Cap.
323)
§ Agricultural Land Resources
Inventory and Management; § Agricultural
Development
§ Agricultural Mechanization
Corporation
Policy Management;
(Agricultural
§ Policy on Land Consolidation Development
for Agricultural Benefit; Corporation Act, Cap.
§ Agricultural Insurance Policy; 444)
§ Agricultural Extension policy § Kenya Seed Company
and Service Standards; (Companies Act, Cap.
§ Capacity Building Policy for 486)
Agricultural Staff; § Kenya Plant Health
§ Crop Research and Inspectorate Services
Development; (KEPHIS)
§ Support in administration of (Kenya Plant Health
Irrigation Schemes; Inspectorate Service
§ Agriculture Seed Research and Act, No. 54 of 2012)
Development; § Nyayo Tea Zones
§ Crop Genetic Research; and Development
Corporation
§ Biosafety Management.
(State Corporations
Act, Cap. 446 through
Nyayo Tea Zone
Order)
§ South Nyanza Sugar
Company
(State Corporations
Act, Cap. 446)
§ Nzoia Sugar Company
(Companies Act, Cap.
486)
§ Chemelil Sugar
Company (Companies
Act, Cap. 486)
§ Muhoroni Sugar
Factory (Under
receivership)
§ Miwani Sugar
Company (Under
receivership)
§ Bukura Agricultural
College
(Bukura Agricultural
College Act, No. 5 of
1999)
§ Agricultural
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Information Resource
Center
§ Kenya School of
Agriculture
§ National Cereals and
Produce Board
(National Cereals and
Produce Board Act,
Cap. 338)
§ Commodities Fund,
(Crops Act, No. 6 of
2013)
§ Agro-Chemical and
Food Company
(Companies Act, Cap.
486)
§ Agriculture
Information Resource
Centre Revolving
Fund
§ Pest Control Products
Board
(Pest Control
Products Act, Cap.
346)
§ Pyrethrum Processing
Company of Kenya
§ Kenya Agricultural
and Livestock
Research
Organization (KALRO)
(Kenya Agricultural
and Livestock Act,
No. 17 of 2013)
§ National Biosafety
Authority
(Biosafety Act, No. 2
of 2009)
§ STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT
Functions: Institutions:
§ Livestock Policy Management; § Kenya Veterinary
§ Development of Livestock Vaccine Production
Industry; Institute
§ Veterinary Services and (State Corporations
Disease Control Policy; Act, Cap. 446 through
§ Range Development and Gazette Notice No.
Management; 223 of 4th June,
1990)
§ Livestock Marketing;
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§ Promotion of Dairy Industry; § Kenya Veterinary
§ Livestock Insurance Policy; Board
§ Livestock Branding; (Veterinary Surgeons
and Veterinary Para
§ Promotion of Bee Keeping and
Professional Act (No.
apiculture;
29 of 2011)
§ Promotion of quality of Hides
§ Veterinary Medicines
and Skins;
Directorate
§ Leather Sector Development
and Promotion of Value Chain.
§ Animal Technicians
§ Livestock Research and Council
Development; (Animal Technicians
§ Animal Genetic Research; and Act, No. 11, 2010)
§ Tsetse Fly and
Trypanosomiasis Research and § Kenya Meat
Control. Commission
(Kenya Meat
Commission Act, Cap.
363)
§ Kenya Leather
Development Council
(Leather
Development Council
Order, No. 114 of
2011)
§ Kenya Dairy Board
(Dairy Industry Act,
Cap. 336)
§ Kenya Animal
Genetics Resource
Centre
The Kenya Animal
Genetics Resource
Centre Order, 2011
(Legal Notice No. 110
of 2011)
§ Kenya Tsetse and
Trypanosomiasis
Eradication Council
The Kenya Tsetse
and Trypanosomiasis
Eradication Council
Order, 2012 (Legal
Notice No. 77 of
2012)
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12. MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF INVESTMENTS, TRADE AND INDUSTRY
INVESTMENTS, Social Security House, Block ‘A’
TRADE AND
Kenyatta Avenue
INDUSTRY
P.O. Box 30547 – 00100
NAIROBI
Telephone: 020-2731531/2-44
Website: www.industrialization.go.ke
CABINET SECRETARY:
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§ Coordination of engagements
with the private
sector/business community in
respect to business climate
and business transformation.
Functions: Institutions:
§ Trade Policy; § Kenya National
§ Export Development and Trading Corporation
Promotion; (The Companies Act,
§ Promote E-Commerce; Cap. 486)
§ Trade Negotiations and
§ Africa Trade
Advisory Services;
Insurance
§ Champion Trade Integration in
the COMESA, CFTA, EPA, § National Trade
AFTA, etc.; Negotiations Council
§ Liaising and Co-ordinating with (NTNC) (Via Legal
UNCTAD and WTO on Trade Notice Vol. CXIX-136,
Matters; September 2017)
§ Enforcement of International § Trade Remedies
Trade Laws, Negotiations and Agency
Agreements; (Trade Remedies Act,
§ Protection of Kenyan Goods 2017)
against Dumping and § Kenya Branding and
Subsidized Imports and Exports Promotion
recommending Countervailing Agency (KEPROBA)
Measures; The Kenya Export
§ Co-ordination of multi-Agency Promotion Branding
Task Force on the Elimination Agency Order, 2019
of Illicit Trade and § Warehouse Receipt
Counterfeits; Systems Council
§ Liaison with International
Trade bodies for National (Warehouse Receipt
Development; Systems Act, No. 8 of
51
§ Management of weight and 2019)
measurement in Trade; § Kenya National Multi-
§ Promotion and Regulation of Commodities
the Wholesale and Retail Exchange Limited
Trade; and
§ Promotion of Fair-Trade
Practices and Consumer
Protection.
52
1 of 2015)
§ Kenya Industrial
Training Institute
(KITI)
(Industrial Training
Act, Cap.237)
§ Anti-Counterfeit
Authority
(Anti-Counterfeit Act,
No. 13 of 2008)
CABINET SECRETARY:
I. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR CO-OPERATIVES
Functions: Institutions:
53
Credit and other Financial
Services Policy;
§ Co-operative Legislation
and Support Services;
§ Co-operative Education and
Training;
§ Co-operative Audit
Services;
§ Co-operative Financing
Policy.
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Government procurements
to products and services of
the MSMEs;
§ Champion subcontracting
arrangements between
SMEs and Large
Enterprises;
§ Market development for
MSME products and
services (better access to
domestic and export
markets);
§ Support for product
development, design
intervention and
packaging;
§ Promotion of establishment
of Production clusters;
§ Promotion and
Development of the
Cottage Industry.
CABINET SECRETARY:
I. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS
Functions Institutions
§ Youth Policy and § Kenya National Youth
Empowerment; Council
§ Mainstreaming Youth in (National Youth Council
National Development; Act, No. 10 of 2009)
§ Business Innovation and § Youth Advisory Board
Incubation; (National Youth Council
§ Managing and Promoting Act, No. 10 of 2009)
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engagement with Youth § Kenya Association of
for National Development; Youth Centres
§ Harnessing and
Development of Youth § Kenya National
Talent for National Innovation Agency
Development; (Science, Technology and
§ Collaborating and Innovation Act, No. 28 of
Overseeing Stakeholders 2013)
engaged in Youth
Promoting Activities. § The Regional Youth
Forum Secretariat of the
International Conference
on the Great Lakes
Region (ICGLR)
II. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR SPORTS AND THE
ARTS
Functions: Institutions:
§ Development, § Sports Kenya
Management, and
(Sports Act, No. 25 of
Implementation of the
2013)
Sports Policy;
§ Enforcement and § Kenya Anti-Doping
Implementation of the Agency Sports Kenya
World Anti-Doping Code (Sports Act, No. 25 of
and Convention Against 2013)
Doping; § Sports Arts and Social
§ Promotion and Co- Development Fund
ordination of Sports (Public Finance
Training and Education; Management Act, No. 18
§ Regulation of Sports; of 2012)
§ Expansion of Sports § Kenya Academy of Sports
Industry for sustainable § Registrar of Sports
Livelihoods; § Kenya Film Classification
§ Development and Board
Management of Sports (Kenya Film Classification
Facilities; Act, Cap. 222)
§ Establishment and § Kenya Film Commission
Management of Sports (Legal Notice No 147 of
Academies to Nurture 2015)
talent; § Kenya Copyright Board
§ Policy for Development of (Copyright Act, 2001)
Fine Arts; § Kenya National Library
§ Library Services; Services Board
§ Film Development Policy; (Kenya National Library
§ Development of the Film Service Act, Cap. 225)
Industry; § Kenya Cultural Centre
§ Research and (Kenya Cultural Centre
Conservation of Music; Act, Cap. 218)
and § Kenya National Theatre
§ Creative and Performing § Permanent Presidential
Arts. Music Commission
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15. MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND
ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY
CLIMATE NHIF Building
CHANGE AND Ragati Road, Upperhill
FORESTRY P.O. Box 30126-00100
NAIROBI
Telephone:020-2730808/9
Website: www.environement.go.ke
CABINET SECRETARY:
§ Kenya Meteorological
Department
§ Kenya Meteorological
Training College
57
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
FORESTRY
Functions:
Institutions:
CABINET SECRETARY:
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§ Protection of Tourism and § The Tourism Fund
Regulation; (Tourism Act, No. 28 of
§ Positioning and Marketing 2011)
of Kenya to local and
international Tourists; § Tourism Research
Institute and Monitoring
§ Wildlife Conservation and
Mechanism
Protection Policy;
(Tourism Act, No. 28 of
§ Protection of Wildlife 2011)
Heritage;
§ Management of National § Tourism Protection
Parks, Reserves and Marine Service
Parks. (Tourism Act, No. 28 of
§ Wildlife Biodiversity 2011)
Management and
Protection; § Kenya Tourism Board
(Tourism Act, No. 28 of
§ Sustainable Wildlife
2011)
Biodiversity Economy;
§ Collaboration with Wildlife § Kenyatta International
Clubs of Kenya; Convention Centre
§ Management of Wildlife (Tourism Act, No. 28 of
Dispersal Areas in 2011)
collaboration with Partners; § Kenya Safari Lodges and
§ Wildlife Conservation Hotels
Training and Research; § Kenya Wildlife Service
§ Wildlife Conservation § Kenya Wildlife Research
Education and Awareness; and Training Institute
§ Wildlife Biodiversity § Wildlife Conservation
International Obligations Trust Fund
and Multilateral § Wildlife Clubs of Kenya
Agreements;
§ Human-Wildlife Conflict
Mitigation and Response
Policy;
§ Wildlife Sector Governance
and Coordination.
II. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR CULTURE AND
HERITAGE
Institutions:
Functions:
§ The National Heroes Council
§ National Heritage Policy and
(Kenya Heroes Act, No. 5 of
Management;
2014)
§ Management of Culture § Kenya National Archives and
Policy; Documentation Service
§ Policy on Kenya’s Heroes (Public Archives and
and Heroines; Documentation Service Act,
§ Language Management Cap. 19)
Policy; § National Museums of Kenya
§ National Archives/Public (National Museums and
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Records Management; Heritage Act, No. 6 of 2006)
§ Management of National § Bomas of Kenya
Museums and Monuments; § Kenya National Commission
§ Historical Sites for Culture and Social
Management. Services
§ Ushanga Kenya Initiative
CABINET SECRETARY:
Functions: Institutions:
§ Water Resources § Water Services Regulatory
Management Policy and Board
Standards; (Water Act, 2016)
§ Water Catchment Area
Conservation, Control § Kenya Water Institute
and Protection;
§ Water and Sewerage § Athi Water Works
Services Management Development Agency
Policy; (Water Act, 2016)
§ Waste Water § Tana Water Works
Treatment and Disposal Development Agency
Policy;
(Water Act, 2016)
§ Water Quality and
Pollution Control; § Tanathi Water Works
§ Sanitation Development Agency
Management; (Water Act, 2016)
§ Management of Public
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Water Schemes and § Lake Victoria North Water
Community Water Works Development Agency
Projects; and (Water Act, 2016)
§ Water Harvesting and
Storage for Domestic § Lake Victoria South Works
and Industrial Use. Development Agency (Water
Act, 2016)
§ Central Rift Valley Water
Works Development Agency
(Water Act, 2016)
§ North Rift Valley Water
Works Development Agency
(Water Act, 2016)
§ Coast Water Works
Development Agency (Water
Act, 2016)
§ Northern Water Works
Development Agency (Water
Act, 2016)
§ Water Sector Trust Fund
(Water Act, 2016)
§ Regional Centre on Ground
Water Resources Education,
Training and Research (Legal
Notice No. 252 of 18th
December, 2015)
§ Water Resources Authority
(Water Act, 2016)
§ Hydrologists Registration
Board
II. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
IRRIGATION
Functions: Institutions:
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18. MINISTRY OF MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND PETROLEUM
ENERGY AND Kawi House
PETROLEUM 4th Floor Block ‘A’
P.O. Box 30582-00100
NAIROBI
Telephone: 020-3310112
CABINET SECRETARY:
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II. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR PETROLEUM
Functions:
Institutions:
§ Petroleum Policy;
§ National Oil Corporation of
§ Strategic Petroleum Kenya (Companies Act, Cap.
Stock Management; 486)
§ Management of
§ Kenya Pipeline Company
Upstream Petroleum
(Companies Act, Cap. 486)
Products Marketing;
§ Petroleum Development Levy
§ Oil and Gas Exploration
Fund
Policy Development;
§ Kenya Petroleum Refineries
§ Oil/Gas Sector Capacity
Development;
§ Petroleum Products,
Import/Export
Marketing Policy
Management;
§ Licensing of Petroleum
Marketing and
Handling;
§ Quality Control of
Petroleum Products.
CABINET SECRETARY:
Functions: Institutions:
§ National Labour and § National Social Security
Employment Policy Fund (NSSF)
Management;
63
§ Labour and Social Protection (National Social Security
Policy and Programme Fund No. 45 of 2013)
Implementation;
§ Industrial Training; § National Industrial
§ National Labour Productivity Training Authority
and Competitiveness; (Industrial Training Act,
§ National Human Resource Cap. 237)
Planning and Development;
§ Child Labour Policy and § National Productivity and
Regulations Management; Competitiveness Centre
§ Develop and maintain
Database on Employment § Kenya National Labour
Creation; Board and the Wages
§ Workplace Inspection; Council
§ Workman's Compensation (Labour Institutions Act,
Policy; No. 12 of 2007)
§ Promotion of Occupational
Health and Safety at Work; § National Employment
Authority
§ Industrial Relations (National Employment
Management;
Authority Act, No. 3 of
§ National Institutional 2016)
Framework to improve post
training skills; § Migrant Workers Welfare
§ Overseeing Skills Fund
Development among Actors § Department of Labour
and Establishment of Sector Migration Management
Specific Skills Councils;
§ Establishment and
Management of Institutional
Framework for Linking
industry, Skills Development
and Training;
§ Implementation of the
Industrial Attachment Policy;
§ Management of Skills and
Post Training Policy;
§ Harmonisation of Skills
Training at all levels of
Training;
§ Management of National
Skills Development Fund;
§ Implementation of the
National Apprenticeship
Policy;
§ Maintenance of National
Database of Skills;
§ Assessing Industrial Training,
Testing and Occupational
Skills and Awarding
Certificates including
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Government Test Certificates;
§ Migratory Labour and
International Jobs Policy;
§ Promote overseas
employment;
§ Coordination of labour
migration management;
§ Develop Legal and
institutional framework for
labour migration;
§ Promote co-operation and
partnerships on labour
migration;
II. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR SOCIAL
PROTECTION AND
SENIOR CITIZEN
AFFAIRS
Functions: Institutions:
§ Social Protection Policy; § Child Welfare Society of
§ Senior Citizens Policy; Kenya
§ Vocational Training and § National Council for
Rehabilitation of Persons Persons with Disabilities
With Disabilities; (Persons with Disability
Act, No. 14 of 2003)
§ National Volunteerism
Policy; § National Council for
Children's Services
§ Policy and Programmes for
(Children's Act, No. 29 of
Persons with Disabilities;
2022)
§ Policy and Programmes for
§ Street Families
Older Persons;
Rehabilitation Trust Fund
§ Management of Statutory
Children's Institutions;
§ Community Development
Policy;
§ Community Mobilization;
§ Registration of Self Help
groups;
§ Protection and Advocacy of
Needs of Persons with
Disabilities;
§ Social Assistance
Programmes;
§ Family Protection Policy;
§ Rehabilitation of Street
Families;
§ Policies on Children and
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Social Development;
§ Counter Trafficking in
Persons;
§ Children Welfare and Penal
Protection;
§ Support for Matrimonial
and Succession Laws and
Policies.
CABINET SECRETARY:
Functions: Institutions:
§ Policy on East African The EAC Main Organs:
Community; § The Summit
§ Implementation of the § The Council of
Treaty for the Ministers
Establishment of the East § The Co-ordinating
African Community; Committee
§ Negotiation and § Sectoral Committees
Implementation of EAC § The East African
protocols; Court of Justice
§ Develop and Implement § The East African
policies and programmes to Legislative Assembly
fast-track regional § The Secretariat
integration; § The EAC
§ Co-ordination of § The Civil Aviation
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Implementation of EAC Safety and Security
Regional Programmes and Oversight Agency
Projects; (CASSOA).
§ Co-ordination of § The East African
Government‘s Participation Health Research
in East African Community Commission (EAHRC)
Affairs; § The East African
§ Domestication of regional Kiswahili Commission
agreements in all areas; (EAKC)
§ Monitor Implementation of § The East African
Summit and Council Science and
Directives/Decisions; Technology
§ Sustainable development of Commission
Lake Victoria Basin and (EASTECO)
other shared resources; § The Inter-University
§ East African Community Council for East
Organs and Institutions; Africa (IUCEA)
§ Create awareness on the § The Lake Victoria
aspiration of East African Basin Commission
Community Integration; (LVBC)
§ Promote public § The Lake Victoria
participation in the EAC Fisheries
Integration Process; Organization (LVFO)
§ Monitoring and Evaluation
of the Implementation of
Northern Corridor
Development; and
§ Provide Secretariat
Services during Ministerial
and Head of States Summit
Meetings.
II. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE ASALs AND
REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT Institutions:
Functions: § National Drought
§ Arid and Semi - Arid Lands Management
Policy; Authority (National
§ Co-ordination of Planning, Drought Management
and Development for Arid Authority Act, 2016)
and Semi - Arid Lands; § National Drought
§ Implementation of Special Emergency Fund
Programmes for (National Drought
Development of Arid and Management
Semi-Arid Areas; Authority Act, 2016)
§ Implementation of Arid and § Tana and Athi Rivers
Semi- Arid Lands Development
Programmes; Authority (TARDA
§ Co-ordinating Research for Act, Cap. 443)
sustainable Arid and Semi-
§ Lake Basin
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Arid Lands Resource Development
Management, Development Authority (LBDA Act,
and Livelihoods; Cap. 442)
§ Promotion of Livestock § Kerio Valley
Development, Marketing Development
and Value addition of Authority (KVDA Act,
Resources within Arid and Cap. 441)
Semi- Arid Areas; § Ewaso Nyiro North
§ Enhancing Livelihood Development
Resilience of Pastoral and Authority (ENNDA
Agro Pastoral Communities; Act, Cap. 448)
§ Co-ordinating Responses
§ Ewaso Nyiro South
Against Drought and
Development
Desertification;
Authority (ENSDA
§ Special Programmes; Act, Cap. 447)
§ Food Relief Management
§ Coast Development
and Humanitarian
Authority
Emergency Response
(Coast Development
§ Peace Building and Conflict
Authority Act, Cap.
Management within Arid
444)
and Semi-Arid Area;
§ Kenya Development
§ Management and Response to
promotion of integrated Displacement
cross border activities in Impacts Project
identified ASAL Counties; (KDRDIP)
§ Regional Development
Policy Implementation,
oversight and
management;
§ Co-ordination of Regional
Development Authorities;
and
§ Projects in Response to
Displacement Impacts.
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STATE DEPARTMENT FOR SHIPPING & MARITIME AFFAIRS
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY:
MR. SHADRACK M. MWADIME, M.B.S.
I. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR MINING
Functions: Institutions:
§ Policy on Extractive § National Mining Corporation
Industry; (Mining Act, No. 12 of 2016)
§ Mineral Exploration and
Mining Policy Management; § Mineral Rights Board
§ Inventory and Mapping of (Mining Act, No. 12 of 2016)
Mineral Resources;
§ Mining and Minerals § The Geologists Registration
Development Policy and Board (Geologists
Standards; Registration Act, Cap. 535)
§ Maintenance of Geological
Data (Research, Collection,
Collation, Analysis);
§ Policies on the Management
of Quarrying of Rocks and
Industrial Minerals;
§ Management of Health
Conditions and Health and
Safety in Mines;
§ Mining Capacity
Development and Value
Addition.
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• Increase local participation
and investment in the blue
economy through private
sector engagement and
partnerships;
• Fisheries Marketing Policy;
• Fishing Licensing;
• Development of Fisheries;
• Promote Fish Consumption;
• Fish Quality Assurance;
• Enhancement of Technical
Co- operation with Partner
States;
• Management and Licensing of
Local and Foreign Fishing
Trawlers in Kenya Waters;
• Overall Policy for Exploitation
of Agro-Based Marine
Resources;
• Policy on Development of
Fishing Ports and Associated
Infrastructure;
• Capacity Building for
Sustainable Exploitation of
Agro-Based Marine
Resources;
• Protection of Aquatic
Ecosystems;
• Promotion of Kenya as a
Centre for Aquaculture;
• Economic development-
oriented Fisheries Research.
III. STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR SHIPPING AND
MARITIME AFFAIRS
Functions:
• Promotion of Maritime and Institutions:
Shipping Industry; § The Kenya National
• Maritime Transport Shipping Line
Management;
(The Merchant Shipping
• Ship Registration;
Act, No. 4 of 2009)
• Marine Cargo Insurance;
• Human Resource § Kenya Maritime Authority
Development, Management (State Corporations Act,
and Research in Support of Cap. 446, Kenya Maritime
Kenya‘s Shipping Industry; Authority Order 2004)
• Establishment of Effective § Bandari Maritime
Admiralty Jurisdiction; Academy
• Development of a Central § Government Clearing
Data and Information Centre; Agency
• Co-ordinating Maritime
Spatial Planning and
Integrated Coastal Zone
Management;
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• Protection and Regulation of
Marine Ecosystems;
§ Develop national capacity for
Kenya’s maritime sector;
§ Promote and facilitate
placement of Kenyans in the
global maritime labour
market;
• Protection of the Marine
Resources in EEZ;
• Monitoring and Advising on
Usage of Kenya's Exclusive
Economic Zone;
• Ocean Governance and
marine management
• Government Clearing and
Forwarding Services
Functions: Institutions:
§ Legal Policy Management § Business Registration
§ Principal Legal Adviser to Service
the Government (The Business Registration
Act, No. 15 of 2015)
§ Anti-Corruption Strategies,
Integrity and Ethics
§ Council for Legal Education
§ National Registries (The Council for Legal
§ Public Trustee Education Act, No. 27 of
§ Official Receiver 2012)
§ Adoptions
§ Custodian of Enemy § National Anti-Corruption
Property Campaign Steering
§ Wakf Commissioners Committee
§ College of Arms
(Gazette Notice No. 4124 of
2004)
§ Matters Related to Legal
Profession
§ Legal Aid § Assets Recovery Agency
(The Proceeds of Crime and
§ Policy on Administration of Anti- Money Laundering Act,
Justice No. 9 of 2009)
§ Constitutional § Kenya School of Law
Implementation (The Kenya School of Law
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§ Legislative Drafting Act, No. 26 of 2012)
§ Drafting and Vetting of § Auctioneers Licensing Board
Agreements (The Auctioneers Act, No. 5
§ Elections Policy of 1996)
Management § Witness Protection Agency
§ Political Parties Policy (The Witness Protection Act
Management (No. 16 of 2006)
§ Victims Protection Board
(The Victim Protection Act,
No. 17 of 2014)
§ Nairobi Centre for
International Arbitration
(The Nairobi Centre for
International Arbitration Act,
No. 26 of 2013)
§ Advocates Disciplinary
Tribunal
(The Advocates Act, Cap.
16)
§ Advocates Complaints
Commission
(The Advocates Act, Cap.
16)
§ Car Loan Scheme for
Electoral Commissioners
Fund
§ Kenya Law Reform
Commission
(The Kenya Law Reform
Commission Act, No. 19 of
2013)
§ Office of the Registrar of
Political Parties
(The Political Parties Act,
No. 11 of 2011)
§ National Committee on
Implementation of National
Humanitarian Law
§ National Council for Law
Reporting
(The National Council for
Law Reporting Act, No. 11 of
1994)
§ National Coroners Service
(The National Coroners
Service Act, No. 18 of 2017)
§ National Legal Aid Service
(Legal Aid Act, No. 6 of
2016)
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