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Soft drink giants brace for war as Pepsi commissions Sh2.5b plant

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By Macharia Kamau

The battle for the local soft drinks market is expected to go a notch higher with the company marketing PepsiCo products in Kenya readying itself for the unveiling of a Sh2.5 billion bottling plant in Nairobi.

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