To be the leading evidentiary-based research centre on the extractive industry, on policy, legislation and regulatory issues in Kenya (and the broader East African region) as they relate to socio-economic development.
To provide a platform, based on objective and independent research and analysis, where a wide ranging group of stakeholders in Kenya can engage in policy dialogue and development aimed at enhancing, and sustaining, the positive socio-economic benefits the country can gain from the emerging extractive sector, whilst preventing or minimizing negative impacts.