Full list of State Corporations up for merger, dissolution

By Peter Ochieng

President Wiliam Ruto on Tuesday, January 21, chaired the first cabinet meeting of 2025 at the Kakamega State Lodge.

During the meeting, the cabinet approved a series of recommendations aimed at reforming state corporations so as to streamline government operations, reduce waste, and curb excesses.

The reforms, a cabinet dispatch said, will address operational and financial inefficiencies, enhance service delivery, and reduce reliance on the exchequer.

The reforms include merging 42 State Corporations with overlapping or related mandates into 20 entities, to improve operational efficiency and eliminate redundancy.

Nine State Corporations will be dissolved, with their functions transferred to relevant ministries or other State entities, while 16 corporations with outdated functions that can be provided by the private sector will be divested or dissolved.

Six State Corporations will undergo restructuring, while four public funds currently classified as State Corporations will be declassified and returned to the relevant ministries with a strengthened governance framework.

State Corporations proposed for merger

University Fund

Higher Education Loans Board

Kenya Tourism Board Tourism Research Institute

Export Processing Zones Authority

Special Economic Zones Authority

Anti-Counterfeit Authority Kenya

Industrial Property Institute Kenya

Copyright Board

Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute

Kenya Industrial Estates

Agricultural Finance Corporation

Commodities Fund

Kenya Forest Service

Kenya Water Towers Agency

Agricultural Development Corporation

Kenya Animal Genetic Resource Centre

National Irrigation Authority

National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority

Kenya Law Reform Commission

National Council for Law Reporting

Tourism Promotion Fund Tourism Fund

Commission for University Education

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority

Kenya National Qualifications Authority

Kenya Rural Roads Authority

Kenya Urban Roads Authority

Kenya Investment Authority

Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency

Water Services Regulatory Board

Water Regulatory Authority

Regional Center on Ground Water Resources, Education, Training and Research

Kenya National Trading Corporation

National Cereals & Produce Board

Uwezo Fund

Women Enterprise Fund

Youth Enterprise Development Fund

Kenya Medical Research Institute

Kenya Institute of Primate Research

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service

National Biosafety Authority

Agriculture and Food Authority

State Corporations proposed for dissolution

Kenya Tsetse Fly and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council

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

Kenya Film Classification Board

National Council for Nomadic Education

LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority

State Corporations with outdated mandate

Numerical Machining Complex

Scrap Metal Council

Kenya Fishing Industries Corporation

Jomo Kenyatta Foundation

Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya Ltd

Kenya National Shipping Line

School Equipment Production Unit

Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board

Kenya National Assurance Company

Coast Development Authority

Ewaso Ng'iro South Development Authority

Ewaso Ng'iro North Development Authority

Kerio Valley Development Authority

Lake Basin Development Authority

Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority

Kenya Post Office Savings

State Corporations proposed for restructuring

Kenya Utalii College

Postal Corporation of Kenya

Bomas of Kenya

National Syndemic Diseases Control Council

Kenya Roads Board

National Housing Corporation

Public Funds categorised as State Corporations set for declassification  

Water Sector Trust Fund

National Environment Trust Fund

Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund

Fish Levy Trust Fund

Professional bodies categorised as state corporations set for declassification   

Hydrologists Registration Board

Clinical Officers Authority

Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians

Kenya Health Professionals Oversight Authority

Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board

Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council

Public Health Officers and Technicians Council

Nursing Council of Kenya

Engineers Board of Kenya

Institute of Certified Investment and Financial Analysts

Institute of Human Resource Management

Kenya Institute of Supplies Management

Child Welfare Society of Kenya