Consultative Meeting on Multi-Agency Collaboration for Blue Economy and Mining Value Chains under KJET

Principal Secretary Hon. Susan Mang'eni hosted her colleagues, Betsy Njagi, Principal Secretary, State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries and Harry Kimtai, Principal Secretary, State Department for Mining, for a consultative meeting to discuss a multi-agency approach aimed at deepening the impact of our collaboration under the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation Project-KJET (KJET). 

Their engagement focused on exploring opportunities within the blue economy and mining value chains, two sectors with significant potential to drive enterprise growth, job creation, and sustainable livelihoods.

The meeting followed an earlier session held at the Office of the Deputy President, Kithure Kindiki where State Departments and the KJET implementation team initiated discussions on practical areas of collaboration. This follow-up engagement was intended to further examine how organised groups operating within the mining and blue economy value chains can effectively benefit from KJET interventions.

The State Department for Mining and the State Department for the Blue Economy have already mapped out business cases and identified organised groups operating within these value chains that are viable and capable of scaling up. Our discussion, therefore, focused on how KJET, through its Component 2 interventions, can utilise these existing structures to enhance access to enterprise competitiveness and co-investment support.

They are working towards creating practical pathways for organised groups across these sectors to effectively benefit from KJET interventions. This will involve mobilising enterprises, associations, cooperatives, and other organised groups, providing them with both generalised and specialised training, and supporting them to access co-investment support. Through this collaborative process, we aim to strengthen enterprises, generate jobs, and promote sustainable economic opportunities within the Blue economy and mining, among other sectors.