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Parliamentary committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives led by chairman Kanini Kega while on a tour at Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute facility in Kisumu on March 15th 2019. (Colins Oduor, Standard)
The Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperative Development want a freeze on new projects in the sector to allow for the completion of those under implementation.
Freeze on fresh development, the committee believes, will release funds to finance the completion of several stalled projects, many of which are over 70 per cent done.
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