* Agriculture: Providing one third of Kenya's income, agriculture includes coffee, tea, sisal, rice, wheat, pyrethrum, cashew nuts, sugar cane, maize.
* Mining: Diatomite, limestone, lead, gemstones, silver, gold.
* Manufacturing: Food processing, textile manufacture, light industry, vehicle assembly, chemicals, cement, steel, paper, oil refining, tobacco, rubber,
* Other: Tourism particularly to the national parks and the coastal resorts is a major contributor to foreign exchange earnings.