Component 2: Promoting livestock value chains through trade facilitation and private sector support (USD 65 Million)
Component two has Country level implementation arrangement and is implemented by State Department for Livestock Development (SDLD) and Kenya Development Corporation (KDC)
Kenya Development Corporation (KDC) is the Implementer of DRIVE Component 2 Part 1 of Promoting livestock value chains through trade facilitation and private sector support with a funding of USD 40 Million. Main role of KDC is to connect pastoralists better to markets by;
- Upgrading quality infrastructure for livestock;
- Trade facilitation and trade infrastructure; and,
- De-risking facility to attract private sector.
KDC Main role is to support private sector investments and its main activities include;
- Support bankable investment proposal in LVC to financial closure;
- Provide seed capital to private sector investors in LVC; and,
- Provide support to women and youth enterprises in LVC
