This programme aims at delivering science, technology and innovations services to the grass roots by focusing on the County units in line with the provisions of the Kenya Constitution. The programme will establish and empower County Technology and Innovations advisory and prospecting centers to coordinate technology transfer and adoption. The projects to be implemented include:
- Establishment of the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KENIA): This project will seek to operationalize KENIA as provided for in the Science, Technology and Innovation Act 2013.
- Establishment of County Technology and Innovations Advisory and Prospecting Centres: This project will involve the establishment of centers in the counties to coordinate innovations and technology transfer and adoption
at the county level. Key activities of the project include: Surveillance of the 47 counties to establish readiness for the centers; Acquisition of premises and operational equipment; Setting up the centers; and Recruitment and deployment of staff.
- Develop and Transfer County Specific Technologies: The project will ensure that the technology and innovations delivery services are available at the county level. This will entail determination of specific technological needs for each of the 47 counties in line with the mandate of KENIA. The centers will perform the following functions: harness existing indigenous knowledge and technological innovations for the socio-economic development of the respective counties; scout for technological innovations from the national and global research communities; negotiate for the proprietary rights of the acquired technologies and facilitate their adoption through appropriate technology transfer.
