Courtesy call by the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Alliance of Kenya

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Alliance of Kenya team led by the Chairperson, Ben Mutahi and their Chief Executive Officer Sammy Karanja paid a courtesy call on the Chief Administrative Secretary, National Treasury and Planning, Eric Simiyu Wafukho in his office. The leaders presented a memorandum to the Chief Administrative Secretary on how to strengthen partnership between Government and MSMEs in the days ahead. Some of the issues discussed include the need to protect Kenyan MSMEs against unfair business practices, increasing the ease of doing business, fast tracking pending bills payments once audits are completed, reducing turn-around times on government processes, integrating technology in business processes and facilitating access to credit through such schemes as Credit Guarantee Scheme being rolled out by the Government.