IntroductionGlobally, there is a trend to economically empower the disadvantaged groups especially through entrepreneurship. This empowerment should also be seen through the prism of ongoing global sustainable strategies aimed at ensuring inclusive economic participation and development in the 21 st Century where the principle of sustainability, participation and equity are important factors in measuring economic growth rather than aggregate factors such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country (World Bank, 2015). The initiative would broadly support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the AU Agenda 2063 and Kenya Vision 2030 all anchored on sustainable development of communities and states.In Tanzania, amendments to the Public Procurement Act of 2011 (PPA, 2016) were made to address among others; to enhancing participation of local traders and special groups in public purchases and also discourage importation of goods and services in the domestic market. Thai (2004) explained that, as many countries have moved to a regional and or global economy, Public procurement practitioners face another challenge that is, how to comply with their government's procurement regulations and social and economic procurement goals without violating regional and/or international trade agreements. For example, how to comply with national economic policies such as nurturing domestic firms, without dealing unfairly with foreign firms as provided in regional trade agreements and/or the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements is not easy, which requires a careful study of trade agreements in order to take advantages of special provisions.In Kenya, the legal requirement for youth, women and PWDs to access thirty percent of procuring opportunities is being implemented through the AGPO initiative which was officially launched by the President on 16th October 2013 in Nairobi. This AGPO initiative is anchored in the COK (2010), Article 227 on the fair equitable, transparent and costeffective public procurement of goods and services, and also in Article 55 on affirmative action and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act (PPADA), 2015.