Wrong categorisation of businesses and the lack of a standard definition of micro, small, and medium enterprises (SMEs) have stood out as major challenges to the government's ability to get precise data from the private sector.
Investments, Trade, and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui has pointed out the existing gaps when it comes to data collection in the industry.
This is as the Kenya Association of Manufacturing (KAM) notes a lack of up-to-date data in the MSME sector, which makes it a challenge for the necessary policies to be formulated.
The manufacturers' lobby has called for the alignment of the various sector policies under the Ministry of Co-operative and MSME Development.
