kenya state corporations that were merged
KENYA STATE CORPORATIONS THAT WERE WERE MERGED
In January 2025, the Kenyan government approved significant reforms to streamline state corporations, aiming to enhance efficiency and reduce redundancy. These reforms include merging 42 state corporations into 20 entities, dissolving nine, and restructuring several others.
Key Mergers:
- University Fund and Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
- Kenya Tourism Board and Tourism Research Institute
- Export Processing Zones Authority and Special Economic Zones Authority
- Anti-Counterfeit Authority, Kenya Industrial Property Institute, and Kenya Copyright Board
- Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute and Kenya Industrial Estates
- Agricultural Finance Corporation and Commodities Fund
- Kenya Forest Service and Kenya Water Towers Agency
- Agricultural Development Corporation and Kenya Animal Genetic Resource Centre
- National Irrigation Authority and National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority
- Kenya Law Reform Commission and National Council for Law Reporting
- Tourism Promotion Fund and Tourism Fund
- Commission for University Education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority, and Kenya National Qualifications Authority
- Kenya Rural Roads Authority and Kenya Urban Roads Authority
- Kenya Investment Authority and Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency
- Water Services Regulatory Board, Water Regulatory Authority, and Regional Center on Ground Water Resources, Education, Training, and Research
- Kenya National Trading Corporation and National Cereals & Produce Board
- Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund, and Youth Enterprise Development Fund
- Kenya Medical Research Institute and Kenya Institute of Primate Research
- Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service and National Bio-Safety Authority
- Agriculture and Food Authority
Dissolved Corporations:
- Kenya Film Classification Board
- LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority
- Kenya Fish Marketing Authority
- Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa
- President’s Award – Kenya
- Nuclear Power and Energy Agency
- Kenya National Commission for UNESCO
- National Council for Nomadic Education
- Kenya Tsetse Fly and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council
Restructured Corporations:
- Kenya Utalii College
- Postal Corporation of Kenya
- Bomas of Kenya
- National Syndemic Diseases Control Council
- Kenya Roads Board
- National Housing Corporation
Additionally, certain public funds and professional bodies currently classified as state corporations will be declassified and returned to their respective ministries with strengthened governance frameworks. These include the Water Sector Trust Fund, National Environment Trust Fund, Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund, and Fish Levy Trust Fund.
The government has assured that these reforms aim to eliminate inefficiencies, improve service delivery, and reduce the financial strain on the national budget, with no job losses anticipated as a result of the mergers.
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