Historical Background

Kenya seed Company is a state Corporation that produces and markets top quality seeds for the country’s farming community with an overall objective of adding value to the farming business and contributing to food sufficiency in Kenya and beyond. The company has made substantial contribution through the development ,production and provision of high quality seeds for various agro-ecological zones.

The Company was incorporated in Kenya in July 1956 to promote the use of improved strains of pasture seed, developed by the National Agricultural Research Station at Kitale. Two years later, the company started an enterprise to produce commercial sunflower for the European bird feed market to sustain its financial needs that had by then expanded. In 1963 the company introduced hybrid seed maize production following the release of the first hybrids by the government Research centre in Kitale. Seed wheat was added to the seed program in 1971 to provide certified seed to farmers who previously depended on low quality farm saved seeds.

Later in 1979 the company acquired Simpson and White law, a company trading in horticultural seeds, and introduced the brand name “Simlaw Seeds”, which has since distinguished itself as a leading brand in the market. In 2002 Simlaw Seeds was registered as a limited liability company and a subsidiary of Kenya Seed Company Ltd. Its core business is selling and marketing of high quality horticultural seeds in Kenya and eastern Africa. It also sells other farm inputs e.g. Pesticides and Fertilizers.

In the same year Kenya seed incorporated Kibo and Mt Elgon seed Companies in Tanzania and Uganda respectively as an expansion strategy into the Eastern Africa market.

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