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Monday, April 15, 2013

A MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE AUTHORITY IS ESTABLISHED IN KENYA.

The government of Kenya has established the Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSE Auhority) that is aimed at mainstreaming the small businesses in Kenya. The creation of the Authority comes after more than 12 years of intense advocacy and Lobbying by various stakeholders led by Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the Micro and Small Enterprises Business member organizations in Kenya. Mr. Patrick Mwangi was appointed the acting CEO to the Authority whose mandate is to oversee the implementation of the Micro and Small Enterprises Act which became law in January 2013. Among the members of the Board of the Authority is Mr. Richard N. Muteti. Mr. Muteti serves the Micro and Small Enterprises sector in various capacities both within Kenya and the East African Community in general. Mr. Muteti is the Chief Executive officer of the Kenya National Federation of Jua Kali Associations (KNFJA), an umbrella association of primary small businesses associations across the country. Mr. Muteti is also founder and Director of the Small and Medium Enterprise Support, East Africa (SMES-EA) an institution that works in partnership with individual and small business membership associations in Kenya and the East African region to facilitate their access to critical inputs needed for their development. In 2008, he was Appointed the Regional Project Manager for the East Africa Community (EAC) Jua Kali/Nguvu Kazi Exhibitions, an initiative of the five East African Partner States (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) which has been carrying out marketing initiatives for the MSE sector products and services through regional exhibitions that bring together small business owners from the five countries on an annual rotational basis. He sits as a member of the Presidential Private Sector Working Forum in Kenya. Mr. Richard Muteti received a Head of State Commendation (HSC) Awarded by His Excellency the President of the republic of Kenya for distinguished service to the society on 12th December 2009 Mr. Muteti joins as a member of the Board in the MSE Authority because of his vast practical experiences in the MSE Sector.

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