Mr. Joseph Mbeva: Alternate to the Principal Secretary State Department for Industrialization.

Mr Mbeva holds a bachelor of Science degree from University of Nairobi (1990). He has a masters on Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce Law Cent, USA (2002). He’s currently the Director of Industries since 2018 where he’s in charge of Promoting Industrialization at the County Level; Coordinating Inter-governmental linkages, projects and programmes; Collaborating with stakeholders in the counties on industry, enterprise; investment matters; Carrying out resource surveys and endowment mapping in the counties and identifying Industrial Investment opportunities; Linking innovators and entrepreneurs to potential investors, financiers and markets; Coordinating Collection and dissemination of county investment and industrial intelligence, Providing Business Development Services and Business Information to target beneficiaries in the counties; Liaising with other directorates on information on county industrial development; Oversee disciplining, training and development of departmental staff; Guide in preparation and implemention of the Performance Contracts; Represent the Department/Ministry in various committees and meetings; Provide technical input to stakeholders on entreprenuership and industrial matters; Oversee staff deployment, disciplining, training and development in the directorate. He has served in several Boards as Alternate Director including Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (2014-2017); Kenya Bureau of Standards KEBS (2015-20210); Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) (2016-2018); Industrial Development Bank 2021). Kenya Shipyard limited (2021); Scrap Metal Council (SMC) (2022-2023)