The Ministry is made up of two technical departments, namely: Livestock Production and Veterinary Services and three Parastatals:
The Livestock Production Department has several Divisions whose functions are as follows:
The Veterinary Services Department is divided into Divisions whose functions are as indicated here below:
The Livestock Production Department has several Divisions whose functions are as follows:
- Animal Production which focuses on dairy and beef, sheep and goats, small and non-ruminants, livestock feeds and breeding.
- Range Management which offers services in pastoralism and ranching, rangeland resource monitoring and camel production.
- Livestock Marketing which is responsible for livestock information management and livestock market coordination
- Extension Services which takes care of extension management, gender equity mobilisation, extension information and publications, research extension liaison and food security.
- Apiculture and Emerging livestock which is responsible for offering services in beekeeping, quality assurance of bee products and emerging livestock.
- Monitoring and Evaluation which is in charge of project planning and policy development and monitoring and evaluation of the projects.
- Training which is responsible for staff training and human resource development.
The Veterinary Services Department is divided into Divisions whose functions are as indicated here below:
- Veterinary Disease Control, to control and eradicate epizootic notifiable diseases in collaboration with stakeholders, facilitate and regulate trade in animals and animal products.
- Vector Control, to control and eradicate vectors such as tsetse and ticks in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Veterinary Laboratory Services, to undertake disease diagnosis, epidemiological surveys quality assurance of veterinary inputs, and acquire, test and adopt new technologies.
- Veterinary Epidemiology, Surveillance and Economics, to undertake disease surveillance
- Veterinary Public Health, to ensure safety of food of animal origin
- Veterinary Training and Clinics, to undertake human resource development
- Artificial Insemination Services, to regulate the provision of A.I. services
- Veterinary Extension, to provide extension services
- Veterinary Project Management Support Unit, to coordinate project planning, monitoring and evaluation
- Veterinary Administration and Management Support Services, to provide support services.
Parastatals
The parastatals in the Ministry include the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB), which plays a regulatory role for the milk sub-sector; Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), which processes meat and meat products for local and export markets; and the Kenya Veterinary Vaccine Production Institute (KEVEVAPI), which conducts research on Veterinary Vaccine.
The parastatals in the Ministry include the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB), which plays a regulatory role for the milk sub-sector; Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), which processes meat and meat products for local and export markets; and the Kenya Veterinary Vaccine Production Institute (KEVEVAPI), which conducts research on Veterinary Vaccine.
