This study is an attempt to link Micro, Small- and Medium-Size Enterprises (MSMEs) to the Extractive Industry, following the recognition of the need to create wealth and jobs for Kenyan companies and citizens in EI. Borrowing from other countries experiences, this drive for linkages is triggered by the perceived economic multiplier effect of involving SMEs for instance as suppliers to the EI industry. While pre-existing businesses companies involved directly with the industry benefit from more training and increased income, and livelihoods are impacted on directly, the indirect effects include spurring of more new and secondary businesses in and out of an area.