Principal Secretary Hon. Susan Mang’eni carried out a monitoring visit to three MSME clusters; Ndumberi Dairy Farmers Cooperative, Limuru Dairy Cooperative Society, and Preco Concrete Limited, all beneficiaries of the Cohort 1 Business Development Services (BDS) Classroom Training under Component 2 of the KJET Project, as the nationwide programme came to an end.
The visit offered the PS a firsthand look at how the 12-module BDS curriculum is reshaping enterprise governance, enhancing productivity, and equipping MSME clusters with the skills required to scale sustainably under the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). She engaged with trainees, interacted with facilitators, and reviewed the progress made across the five-week training exercise. She emphasized the critical role of collective production, structured value chain development, and coordinated cluster support in unlocking market access, driving investment readiness, and strengthening MSME competitiveness.
Principal Secretary State Department for MSMEs Development Hon. Susan Mang’eni with members of Preco Concrete Limited (above), Limuru Dairy Cooperative Society (Classroom setting) and Ndumberi Dairy Farmers Cooperative (group photo) during the monitoring visit.
Speaking during the monitoring exercise in Kiambu and Kajiado counties, Hon. Mang’eni affirmed that the KJET cluster-based model is shifting Kenya away from fragmented, one-off interventions for the MSME sector toward coordinated, structured, and high-impact enterprise development support. She noted that by strengthening entire clusters and value chains, the project is positioning MSMEs to become engines of competitiveness, job creation, and inclusive economic growth under BETA.
With the classroom phase successfully concluded, participating clusters will now transition into a three-month mentorship phase, where they will receive individualized, in-person guidance to apply the lessons learned, improve their operations, and build stronger business systems.
MSEA encourages eligible cooperatives, associations, and cluster-based MSMEs to apply for Cohort 2 of the BDS Training, currently open until 31 December 2025. Interested clusters are advised to apply early via https://kjet.msea.go.ke/ to benefit from this support under Component 2 of the KJET Project.
