Nakuru county Trade, Industrialization, Cooperatives and Tourism Sector Report 2020/2021-2022/2023

Abstract

General Economic and Commercial Affairs Sector in Nakuru County comprises the Department of Trade, Cooperatives and Tourism. The Sector is mandated to promote, facilitate and regulate a dynamic, innovative and industrial development environment for sustainable socio-economic prosperity by building capabilities and capacity in all spheres of the sector in Nakuru County based on its priority areas. In the financial year 2018/19, the Sector’s achievements included rehabilitation of sixteen (16) markets, construction of a new market at Banita, activation of two (2) Tourism Sites, Purchase of one (1) milk cooler, capacity building of Cooperative Leaders, Training of SMEs, issuance of Compliance Certificates to (one thousand five hundred) 1,500 traders for their Weighing and Measuring Equipment. The department of Trade raised revenues of Kshs 421,997,963 in 2016/2017, Kshs. 479,919,789 in the year 2017/2018 and Kshs. 559,153,676 indicating continued revenue growth. For the period 2020/2021 the sector plans to among other programmes construct one Flagship Market, hold a Tourism Cultural Event, Establish another Tourism Information Centre, Rehabilitate one Cooperative Factory, carry out Trainings for Cooperative Leaders and SMEs, verify 12,000 weighing and measuring instruments hold sensitization programmes for the public on liquor Control and train Liquor Committees. For the FY 2019/2020, the Sector has been allocated Kshs. 645,701,554 of which Kshs. 490,689,883 will be geared towards development whereas Kshs.155, 011,671 will finance recurrent expenditure with the focus being actualization of its programmes.