About Us

The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) was established in 1993 as the Ministry of Environment and Science (MES) but it has gone through several, institutional transformations to its present title and core functions.    The Ministry was first dissolved in 2006, and its portfolios on Environment and Science were added to the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Education respectively.  In 2009, it was reconstituted and named the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), under Executive Instrument (E.I) 7 Civil Service (Ministries) Instrument, 2009. Its present name The Ministry of Environment Science Technology and Innovation (MESTI) comes under Executive Instrument (E.I)1 Civil Service (Ministries) Instrument, 2017. The Vision, Mission and Core Functions as provided below have equally been reframed to reflect its current mandate and sectoral responsibilities.