HISTORY
Mount Kenya East Diocese was created in 1975. In 1977, it’s then Bishop, now retired Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), instructed CORAT Africa to conduct a feasibility study on the development needs in the diocese. The result of the study recommended immediate starting of three departments, namely: health started in 1979, education started in 1978, rural development started in 1982 department and management and administration started in 1977. As a result, in 1982, CCSMKE was curved out as an autonomous development department, given it administrative physical location in Kerugoya, and registered as a company limited by guarantees.

Organizational Vision

CCSMKE vision is to achieve a society that enjoys a wholesome and dignified life.

Organizational Mission

To mobilize, organize, build capacity, and give platform for action and advocacy for the poor, marginalized and destitute communities within Mt. Kenya East region to achieve their empowerment to respond to their development in a holistic and sustainable way

This is through: -

i   Training on sustainable food production and security

ii   Community based health care services

iii   Environmental conservation

iv  Social welfare and economic activities

v   Community development education and relief services to the affected Communities.

Our Core Values

• Non-discrimination of people regardress of gender, religion, creed or personal status.
• Processes that lead to Transparency, Efficiency and Accountability.
• Participatory decision making and planning.
• Approaches that lead to sustainable development.
• Collaboration, networking and linkages with like mided people

Strategic Policy
CCSMKE employs a non-discriminative approach on religion, ethics, gender, age or colour in its development work and it serves people of different ethnic, socio-cultural and religious backgrounds. There are about 12 different ethnic groups in the catchment. These are the Boranas, Rendilles, Gabras, Samburus, Bulgis, and Turkanas found in the Northern parts of Kenya. In the lower parts of the catchment, we have the Kikuyu, Kamba, Embu, Mbeere,  Tharaka and Meru communities which range from semi-nomadic to sedentary farmers.

We endeavour to achieve this in collaboration with all the stakeholders.CCS of Mt Kenya East covers about 34% of the republic of Kenya land area and operates through strategically located Extension Stations.

STRUCTURE

Trusteeship:

Christian Community Services of Mt. Kenya East (CCSMKE) is the development arm of four Dioceses of former Mt. Kenya East Diocese. These are Kirinyaga, Embu, Mbeere and Meru Dioceses. The 4 synods are the CCSMKE Trustees. We are in the process of including the newly formed Marsabit missionary area diocese. The trustee dioceses have independent development units in which CCSMKE offers technical advice / consultation.

AGM:
As a company limited by guarantee, CCSMKE has 50 members who form the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The 50 members are formed as 12 elected members of the standing committee synod of each diocese plus the Executive Director and the company secretary who is also the chancellor.
CCSMKE staff attends the AGM as ex-official members.

Board of Directors:
CCSMKE has a Board of 21 Directors formed from the 5 five dioceses plus the Executive Director. The company Secretary is counted as a Director in one of the Dioceses.

Executive committee:
In order to enhance administration and day to day management of the organization, an Executive committee of the Board meets quarterly to receive reports from all sectors and align them in regard to the organization vision and mission. The Board has mandated formation of a monitoring committee of 5 members to assist the Executive committee on a day-day management of the organization.

Monitoring committee:
There is also a monitoring committee of the executive committee of the board of directors. It is made up of five members, one representing each constituency dioceses and the executive director. It  monitors programme implementation and the general CCSMKE management. It reports directly to the executive committee.
This is not a legal committee

Management committee
The Executive Director chairs a management committee comprising of the senior staff members who oversee the day to day management of the organization.