Kenya Asal Resource Agency Limited

Kenya Asal Resources Agency Ltd (KARA LTD) is a private company dealing with natural resources in the ASAL (Arid and Semi-Arid Lands) counties of Northern Kenya and North East Uganda, specializing in the collection, grading and sale of gum Arabic, resins and other natural resources and consultancies on the NTFP (Non Timber Forest Product) value chains. KARA works with communities in the dry lands of Kenya and Uganda aiming at developing the market for the greater NTFP sector. The company was registered in ***8 as a corporate body and has worked closely with institutional partners, development actors and global buyers since.
KARA is a leading company in Kenya for the supply of 1st and 2nd grade Gum Arabic, Frankincense, Myrrh and Opoponax/Hagar. We are rapidly expanding, working already in two countries, providing buyers with raw gum Arabic and black frankincense and from ***8 powdered gum Arabic and essential oil extract from black Frankincense. We have field offices in Marsabit and Turkana, storage and an administrative unit in Nairobi: Our Field managers assure continuous collection and grading at community level while further value addition takes place in Nairobi, were buyers can visit and collect samples. KARA is also a leading consultancy agency in the region using its expertise for studies and assessments alike solely on the NTFP value chains in arid lands, working closely with pastoralist communities.

MISSION
To provide the international market with fairly and sustainably sourced gum&resins in partnership with local communities in the dry lands of Kenya and Uganda.

VISION
To be the lead agency in the economically empowered, indigenous and innovative public-private partnership in the dry lands of East Africa, specializing in the sustainable exploitation of natural resources through biodiversity, conservation practices, environmental sustainability and forestation.

CORE VALUES
• Integrity
• Products Innovation and Diversification
• High Standards of Quality
• Biodiversity Conversation
• Poverty Eradication