Kenya Industrial Research & Development Institute

Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI) is a national research institution established in 1979 under the Science and Technology Ac Cap. 250 of the Laws of Kenya (now repealed and replaced by the Science, Technology & Innovation Act, 2013) and mandated to undertake multidisciplinary research and development in industrial and allied technologies including: Mechanical Engineering Energy and Power Resources Leather Technologies Textile Technology Industrial Chemistry Environment Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Food Technology Ceramics and Clay Technologies Information Communication & Technology (ICT) Mining The history of KIRDI dates back to 1942, when the then colonial government set a Central Laboratory at Kabete, Nairobi. The laboratory aim was to initiate and develop industries to relieve he industrial goods shortages occasioned by the Second World War.