Strategic Sectors

Edible Oils The edible oil sub-sector is a multimillion investment and comprises manufacturers of palm oil and other edible oils.

Tea The tea industry is one of the prominent enterprises in Kenya's agricultural sector, contributing an average of 40% to agricultural exports.

Dairy The dairy industry is the single largest component within the agricultural sector accounting for significant economic activity.

Science, Technology, and Innovation(STI) is very key in raising investment across all the sectors, the following programmes are been implemented;

  •  County Technology and Innovations Delivery Services
  •  Coordination of the Technology, Innovation, and Commercialization
  •  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
  •  Energy Technologies
  •  Nano-Sciences, Material Science, and New Production Technologies

The government is committed and determined to realize the constitutional right to healthcare by delivering a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) system as follows: 

  • Provide National Health Insurance Fund cover­age for all Kenyans without exclusion in the policy of “Leaving No one Behind”;
  • Employ and initiate payment for community health workers who shall form part of the Pri­mary Health Care system;

Kenya has invested heavily in ICT infrastructure and services over the last two decades. This infrastructure includes six submarine fiber-optic cables offering broadband connectivity, 9000km of terrestrial fiber-optic cable connecting virtually all country headquarters, and geographical and popu­lation mobile broadband coverage of 56 percent of the 96 percent respectively. 

The government is committed to ensuring the basic social and economic rights of the citizens are achieved through accessible and adequate housing, to reasonable standards of sanitation. The government will: Increase the supply of new housing to 250,000 per annum and the percentage of affordable housing supply from 2 percent to 50 percent.
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