KENYA ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
Overview
Mwanzi Road,Nairobi Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya 00100KAM is the premier representative organization for manufacturing value-add industries that also serves as the voice of industry and other related sectors in Kenya.
phone: view phone(+254-20) 3744886,3744634,37460222,(+254-722)201368, (254-734) 646005,Wireless:(+254)020 8070594/5, 020 2324817/8
fax: view fax(+254-20)3746030
website: http://www.kam.co.ke
e-mail: send an e-mail
Description
KAM is the premier representative organization for manufacturing value-add industries that also serves as the voice of industry and other related sectors in Kenya.
Established in 1959 as a private sector body, Kenya Association of Manufacturers has over the years transformed itself into a dynamic, vibrant, credible and respected business association with a professional Secretariat.
The Association provides an essential link for co-operation, dialogue and understanding with the Government by promoting trade and investment, upholding standards and representing members’ views and concerns to the relevant authorities.
Our Vision:
To be a World Class Business Membership Organisation that effectively delivers services to its members wherever they operate.
Our Mission:
To Promote Competitive Local Manufacturing in Liberalized Markets.
Our Strategy:
We pursue our vision and mission by encouraging the formulation, enactment and administration of sound policies in order to improve the business environment, reduce the cost of doing business, and ensure that Kenyan firms attain and maintain world-class competitiveness. This is intended to deepen Kenya’s industrial sector and improve competitiveness. The KAM Strategy is facilitated by three support pillars namely:
Policy Research & Advocacy: Provides proactive evidence-based intelligence to effectively deliver policy advocacy services to members.
Business Competitiveness Services: Provides demand-driven, value-added, fee-based services to members to facilitate firm-level interventions and continuous improvements aimed at enhancing industry’s performance and profitability.
Membership Development: To ensure that KAM is the most preferred business association by value-add industries and that it represents a cross-section of the entire manufacturing sector in Kenya
Sound Organisational Structures: To ensure that all KAM Structures are effective, focused, and deliver services to the Members' satisfaction and enhance networking between members and society.
Communication: To ensure timely and effective communication to members and other stakeholders using modern methods of communication with an overall sense of urgency.
Our Strategic Objectives:
To advise the Government and lobby for its support on policy matters;
To provide and make available relevant business information services to our members;
To provide for and encourage discussions between the private and public sectors on issues which affect the manufacturing industry;
To promote participation in trade fairs, trade exhibitions and trade missions in order to identify new markets and expand existing ones;
To enhance members’ understanding of the implications of global trade and regional trade agreements;
To promote fair trade and business practices, environmentally friendly manufacturing and socially responsible employment;
To promote value addition to local raw materials and encourage the transfer of appropriate technology;
To advise and encourage cooperation with other trade and micro-enterprise associations;
To promote inward capital investments in manufacturing in the region.
Locations
Mwanzi Rd, Off Peponi Road WESTLANDS
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