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EPZA urges Government to allow garment processing factories to venture into mass PPEs production

The Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) has asked the State to engage local manufacturers in the production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).

According to the EPZA board chairman Paul Gicheru, local garment manufacturers have been producing such gear even before the Covid-19 pandemic and should be given priority when the State floats tenders for the manufacture of PPEs.

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