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Boost for Uhuru job creation plan as EPZ approves textile firm

An employee works at the Hela Intimates Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River. The entry of a new company could boost the sector’s competitiveness. [File, Standard]

The Government has approved setting up one of the largest textile companies under the export processing zone, in what could boost President Uhuru Kenyatta’s job creation plan.

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