Since independence in 1963, Kenya has pursued different pathways in its industrialization agenda. Import substitution and export orientated industrial establishment strategies were among the pioneer industrial policies. The current industrialization strategy revolves around vision 2030 which aims at making Kenya globally competitive and prosperous country. Special attention being given to manufacturing sector involving development of integrated iron and steel mills that will lead to the local supply of machines and equipment. Currently Kenya’s industrialization is driven by food processing, mining, textiles manufacture, horticulture, oil refining, and aluminum industries, steel, lead as well as cement industries. Most of these industries are concentrated in the urban areas including, Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Thika, and Eldoret. While, the rural parts are dominated by cottage industries which offer socio-economic support to over 6 million people but with no single and affirmative industrialization policy that targets participation of rural communities. However, with discovery of oil in Turkana, Northern part of Kenya and subsequent prospecting, Kenya‘s industrial sector’s future is bright as the oil, a source of energy is anticipated to have a rejuvenating effect on industrialization and the national and global economy.