Mandate & Functions

Mandate and Functions of the State Department

The State Department’s mandate and functions broadly cover issues of national and sectoral development planning. According to the Executive Order No. 1 of January 2023 on Organization of the Government of the Republic of Kenya, the functions of the State Department are:

1. National and Sectoral Development Planning;
2. National Statistics Management;
3. National Census and Housing Surveys;
4. Population Policy Management;
5. Liaison with Economic Commission for Africa;
6. Monitoring and Evaluation of Economic Trends; and
7. Coordination of Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).