About Us
Who We Are
We are RELIABLE
The Cereal Millers Association (CMA) is an association that represents the grain milling industry in Kenya comprising of wheat, maize, rice, pulses and other cereals, aggregators, traders, and importers. It was originally established at the Wheat Millers Association in the year 2000, but officially registered in 2007 as the Cereal Millers Association.
The CMA was formed with the objective of dealing with policy issues in relation to the Government. Of particular importance then was to lobby against high wheat import duties, address problems faced with cyclical maize shortages and to lobby for a liberalized maize and wheat market. Today we place more emphasis on the provision of safe and affordable food for our consumers.
Our membership comprises of about 50 plus grain milling companies and traders. CMA represents about 40% of total grain milling capacity for maize in Kenya and over 85% of the wheat milling capacity. Our members operate mills across the country, with a reach of over 10 million consumers of maize flour and over 35 million consumers of wheat flour.
Our Vision
We REDEFINE the Sector by…
Vision Statement: We redefine the sector, leading by example, to build an efficient and transparent grain milling industry across Eastern Africa.
Our Mission
We are RESPONSIBLE for Food Security by…
Mission Statement – ‘Providing safe, affordable and nutritious food in sufficient quantity to our consumers’
Food Safety at the Cereal Millers Association is non-negotiable.
The CMA ensures that its members can provide consumers with grain products at an affordable price, with utmost efficiency and in a most transparent manner so that every household in the country can access safe, affordable and enough food always.
In 2010, the CMA took a bold step to self-regulate in the fight against aflatoxins with the help of the BECA hub at ILRI and University of Nairobi. It was also critical for CMA to self-regulate to ensure that all members were fortifying their products to increase the supply of nutritious food. CMA become the first Association in East & Central Africa to self-regulate.
Our Objectives
- To facilitate the formation and exchange of views on the growing, buying, processing, and marketing of cereal and pulse crops in Kenya and Eastern Africa.
- To represent its members and their views in discussions with farmers, traders, exporters, importers, marketers, purveyors of finished goods, Governments, and other agencies for the benefit of its members.
- To ensure that the interests of its members and the rights of all consumers to safe food are protected.
- To advocate for its members to receive fair treatment in issues related to legislation, regulation, exportation, importation, and taxation regimes.
- To advise the Government of Kenya, County Governments and any other authority or persons, on measures considered to be necessary for the development and sustainability of the cereal milling and pulse processing industries.
- To encourage, and hold accountable, its members to do the right thing in line with the Association’s Mission Statement and Code of Conduct, which will be reviewed and revised, as appropriate from time to time.
- To ensure compliance from both our members and the Association on the regulations in Kenya that affect our membership.
Our Values
We RESOLVE to be
- Open and accountable – We have developed a culture of openness remain accountable for all our actions.
- Respectful and work with Integrity – We respect one another and do the right thing in all circumstances.
- Diverse and Transparent – We are an inclusive Association. We value and embrace diversity of culture, gender and thought, and listen to a variety of voices, opinions, and ideas in making informed decisions.
- Dependable and Caring – Our stakeholders can count on us to champion the provision of safe and nutritious food for all Kenyans.
- Dynamic and Flexible – We seek to continually improve ourselves and our products to adapt to the environment we operate in.
We are Resilient…
CMA has a focus on expanding our reach and become a powerful regional voice of reason for the cereal millers in East Africa. We target to include the medium and large-scale cereal millers, grain traders, consumers’ federation, and related registered associations to support our mission of creating a robust and efficient grain milling industry in East Africa. These partnerships and linkages with key industry stakeholders, the Government and agencies, and international counterparts form a very important component of our success.