Micro enterprises are firms with annual turnovers of up to Sh50,000 and have not more than nine. The law caps the total assets and financial investments, or the registered capital, of a micro enterprise at Sh10 million in the manufacturing sector […]

The key to ending the shortage of housing in Kenya depends, in large measure on improving access to affordable housing materials. A vast number of people find themselves priced out of Kenya’s housing mortgage market, and are forced to pay exorbitant […]

Kenya’s mature and highly developed cement industry is critical to the Big 4 Agenda’s Manufacturing pillar. Kenya’s cement production includes cement, lime, ballast, roofing tiles, limestone products, concrete products and ceramic tiles. Leaders in […]

Farmers lose much of their harvest to poor access roads to markets, diseases and pests like army worms and aphids. Maize is Kenya’s main staple. In 2018, the Maize production increased by 26 per  cent  from  35.4  million  bags  in  2017  to  44.6  […]

The year 2013 offered what can only be described as a new dispensation in Kenya. For the first time since independence, the country got semi-autonomous governments, 47 in all, known as counties, and run by elected governors. Health was devolved and […]

The most illustrative episode about Kenneth Matiba’s attitude towards the players managed by his federation was the afternoon pep talk one day in March 1975 at the Jacaranda Hotel in Nairobi. The team was camped there in preparation for an African […]

When anyone mentions manufacturing, the name that easily comes to mind is Betty Maina, who has been at the forefront of the sector in Kenya for years, most notably as the CEO of Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM). Her relentless efforts have […]