The Agency is under the State Department for Trade, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Enterprise Development.
The mandate of the Ministry is to promote Industrialization and Enterprise Development through:
- Industrialization and Cooperative Policy formulation and implementation;
- Implementation of the Industrial Property Rights regime;
- Private Sector Development Policy and Strategy;
- Quality Control including Industrial Standards development;
- Co-operative Savings, Credit and other Financial Services Policy and regulation;
- Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Buy Kenya policy.