Our activities are guided by:
CEC Member - Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock Development and Irrigation
The department is organized into the following directorates, along with their respective services.
Mandate
The mandate of the Agriculture Sector is to promote and facilitate promotion of food and agricultural raw materials for food security and income, advance agro – based industries and agricultural exports; and enhance sustainable use of land resources as a basis for agricultural enterprises.
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Mandate
To provide a commercially oriented Cooperative sector through an enabling policy and legal framework for sustainable socio – economic development
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Mandate
To provide for the exploration, exploitation, utilization, management development and conservation of fisheries resources and undertake research in marine and fresh water fisheries
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The Department plays a key role within the overall structure of government. According to the Executive order No: 2/ 2013 issued in 20th May, 2013 on the organisation of the Government of the Republic of Kenya, the State Department has the following core functions;
The Department’s specific functions as informed by the above order are:
Mandate
To promote, regulate and facilitate livestock production for socio-economic development and industrialization.
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Mandate
Prevent and control animal diseases and pests to safe guard human health, improve animal welfare, increase livestock productivity, ensure high quality livestock and their products and facilitate domestic and international trade.
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Phone: +254 709 727 000 | +254 738 184 000
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P.O Box 4550 – 40200 – KISII-KENYA