Promotion of foreign investment, import substitution and Export enhancement policies have been adopted by the government since 1963, when the country attained independence.
Above 15% of GDP has been contributed by the Manufacturing sector, which has slowly but steadily grown, specifically it contributed 17% of GDP in 1997, 10% of Kenya’s population is employed by this sector.
In Kisumu, Nairobi and Mombasa, the big cities, is where the major industrial plants are mainly situated.

Beverages, construction materials like cement, glass and clay, pharmaceutical products, metals, food which includes crop processing and canning, leather, chemicals, petroleum derivatives, tobacco, textiles, motorcar assembly and rubber, are the main industries found in Kenya.
Other goods like soap, furniture, batteries and plastics which are basically for consumption, are also manufactured.

A sub-sector crafting products on small scale, which was put in place due to high unemployment rates, known as Jua kali. Has been promoted to development over the past years by the government.
Machines and tools, furniture, steel frames for doors and windows, coal stoves and crates, are a range of some of the products that are crafted by these small workshops.

Most of Kenya’s energy mainly Petroleum, is imported from countries like Saudi Arabia of the United Arab Emirates because of scarcity of energy resources in Kenya. However, there was a fall in the imported energy from 75% to 56.6%.
Coal, hydroelectric plants (81.63%) and petroleum (10.5%) are the major sources of energy.
Within the Seven Fork Hydro Project Frame in the Tana river (Kindaruma dam, 1968), and in the Turkwel River gorge in Lake Turkana, particularly, is where the major hydroelectric plants of Kenya are situated.
In as much as there are main hydroelectric plants in Kenya, Industrial production is still hindered by the scarcity and irregularity of the hydroelectric energy.

Goldmines at Kakamega, extraction of soda and salt from natural deposits at Lake Magadi and Lead and Silver mines at Kinangoni, together with Flourite beds North of Nairobi, represent the mining sector in Kenya. A mineral processing plant is found at Kilfi.
Each year 100000 tons of soda are extracted and a vast part of it is then exported.
The mining sector in it’s fullness, minimumly contributes to the GDP of Kenya.