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Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing

The Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing was re-established in the year 2003 and given the responsibility of promotion, growth and development of the co-operative sector.

Prior to the re-establishment of this Ministry, the co-operative movement was faced with a lot of challenges with many societies almost collapsing due to mismanagement, anarchy and leadership wrangles. This scenario was attributed to the inadequacies of the Co-operative Societies Act No.12 of 1997.

Since the Ministry was re-established, the co-operative sector has made tremendous achievements towards wealth and employment creation. Currently, there are over 12,000 registered co-operative societies with a membership of over 7 million. About 63% of the Kenya population directly and indirectly depends on the co-operative related activities for their livelihood. The sector has mobilized over Ksh.150 billion in savings which is about 31% of the national savings. Read more.....

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.

MANDATE
The mandate of the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing is specified in the Presidential Circular No. 1/2005 on organization of the Government of the Republic of Kenya as follows: -

* Co-operative Policy and Implementation
* Co-operative Legislation and Extension Services
* Co-operative Education and Training
* Co-operative Financing Policy
* Co-operative Savings, Credit and Banking Services Policy
* Co-operative Governance
* Co-operative Tribunal
* Co-operative College
* Co-operative Marketing, including value addition processing
* Promotion of Co-operative Ventures