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Rotich removes caps on foreign ownership in local firms

Kenya has removed the limitation on foreign ownership of local companies in a milestone step expected to attract new investments.

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich told investors yesterday that foreign ownership caps would only be retained in cases where the country has a strategic interest.

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