Uhuru vows to revive collapsed factories

New KCC MD Nickson Sigei (centre) shows President Uhuru Kenyatta milk products produced at the firm’s newly refurbished Dandora factory yesterday. On the right is one of the directors Yasir Noor and Chairman Ignatius Wakahiu (second right). The factory can now process 160,000 litres of milk per day up from 80,000. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday unveiled a revamped New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) milk processing plant in Dandora, Nairobi. The refurbished plant, with an installed capacity of 300,000 litres per day, has doubled its processing capacity to 160,000 litres per day from 80,000 litres per day.

“This is our third factory to reopen after Eldoret and Sotik. We are also planning to reopen Nyahururu and Kiganjo so that farmers can have the wealth they lost,” said Mr Kenyatta while urging farmers to invest in high-grade cows to increase milk production.