The division is responsible for Co-ordinating the transformation of the business eco-system supporting private sector development.

Functions:

1. Facilitate private sector, development partners and stakeholder participation
2. Formulating and reviewing policies, strategies, and programmes for private sector development
3. Liaise with regional and international partners to address investor concerns
4. Coordination of programs for enhancing enterprise productivity and competitiveness
5. Enhance investment transparency and clarity for investors seeking to invest in Kenya
6. Development of investors' capacity
7. Undertake advocacy to improve the investment climate within the National and County levels

The division is responsible for the driving legislative and regulatory reform on the ease of doing business and business transformation.

Functions:

1. Developing communication plans for reforms, branding of reforms
2. Creating public awareness on business transformation reforms
3. Review of National Legal framework and their appropriateness to business reforms and identification of legal overlaps and hurdles that exist in current laws
4. Liaison with county legislative teams on ways to minimize regulatory hurdles that choke business such as levies, licenses, permits and proposing ways to mitigate the same legal realm
5. Providing necessary platforms to ensure citizens and business communities provide a robust feedback mechanism on operational challenge areas
6. Monitor the business climate and recommend appropriate policy, legal, regulatory and administrative changes

The division is responsible for the Co-ordination of Investment Projects & Infrastructural Development.

Functions:

1. Facilitate development of common-user facilities for industrial parks and aggregation centers
2. Co-ordinate investment sourcing and closing
3. Provide for an effective monitoring and evaluation process and Impact Assessment of Investments
4. Develop standards, methodologies, and tools for appraisal of project concept notes, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies
5. Carry out periodic reviews on the investment climate in the zones
6. Conduct surveys on the effectiveness of investment incentives in the zones
7. Establish clear quantitative and qualitative strategies to increase the retention of investments
8. Provide for the continual evaluation of the quality of investor support by both national and county governments
9. Conduct periodic reviews on international investment flows (FDI)

Responsible for the management and coordination of the Supply Chain Management Services function

Its mandate is to provide advice on the planning process, policy formulation and monitoring and evaluation to ensure national development goals are realized. The mandate of the directorate was expanded to include monitoring and evaluation of all government and donor-funded projects in 2005 vide a Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of Civil Service Circular of 7th July 2005. The State Department for Economic Planning deploys Economists/Statisticians to the CPPMDs.

Functions:

• Providing technical advice on planning, economic and statistical issues on the formulation and setting of policies on manufacturing and industrial development
• Undertaking Monitoring and Evaluation of policies, programmes and projects under Industry and ensuring their timely, efficient and effective implementation
• Provision of technical input and support in the preparation of Medium Term Expenditure Frame Work (MTEF) budget and its implementation
• Coordinating the preparation, negotiation and vetting of the State Department's and its Agencies' Performance Contracts
• Coordinating formulation, implementation and review of Medium Term Plans and Manufacturing Sector Plans under Kenya Vision 2030
• Developing, coordinating, implementing and reporting on Ministerial and State Department's Strategic Plan and Annual Work Plans
• Coordinating the formulation, implementation and review of national and sectoral development plans, policies and strategies
• Monitoring, evaluating and reporting progress on implementation of the national development blueprints, policies, programmes and projects
• Uploading, updating information and generating Ministry/State Department projects/programmes' reports in the Electronic National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (e-NIMES)
• Conducting sector-specific economic analysis and research on topical and emerging socio-economic issues to inform policy formulation and planning
• Preparing periodic sector-specific progress reports and ensuring compliance with public investment management guidelines
• Updating and maintaining knowledge management repository
• Coordinating implementation of international commitments and regional integration issues including sustainable development goals and African agenda 2063 and economic partnerships

Develops and implements internal audit programs, plans, strategies, and schedules

Responsible for the management and coordination of the Finance and Budgeting function

Responsible for the management and coordination of the accounting function

The core mandate of the ICT Unit is to make the State Department result-oriented, efficient and citizen-centered through providing high-quality customer focused Information Technology services and solutions to actualize on its mandate.

Objectives:

1. Setting up IT strategies in the department in line with ICTA
2. Support the implementation of different ICT Systems in the State Department
3. Prepare strategic and operational plans for the ICT unit to ensure that all necessary ICT tools, processes and systems are in place to meet the State Department's requirements
4. Improve and maintain ICT infrastructure in the State Department
5. Provide support related to ICT capacity building
6. Manage ICT use and security issues in a comprehensive and coordinated way
7. To provide user support and ICT Equipment Maintenance
8. Develop and maintain ICT Business Continuity Plans
9. Enforce and implement e-Government standards and procedures developed by ICT Authority
10. Champion adoption Green ICT
11. Improves interaction with stakeholders, internal and external customers through use of ICT
12. Develop and manage the ICT plan and budgeting for the ICT services to ensure that adequately used to yield better services
13. Leverage on ICT to foster innovation for business processes
14. Ensure that the Department' IT assets are safeguarded and properly maintained in good working condition

Management and coordination of legal counsel services in the State Department including advising on all matters of corporate governance, regulation, and managing litigations.

Management and coordination of public communications and public relations functions.