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Shocking data shows factories run for only 3 months in a year

Shock of local factories that run for only 3 months in a year

If a typical Kenyan manufacturer operated for 24 hours a day, they would take three months to complete the work they do in a year.

A new damning report shows that on average, manufacturing plants in the country run for less than eight hours a day for five days a week, meaning that they only produce for 86 days each year.

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