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State injects Sh500m to lift Kariobangi artisans

Industrialisation CS Adan Mohamed (left) at Dallas Sports International in Kariobangi, Nairobi. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Kariobangi Light Industries, Kenya’s most prominent informal manufacturing hub, has been granted Sh500 million for new equipment to support innovators.

It is expected that new machinery would hasten the turnaround for incubation of manufacturing ideas such as the hugely successful Muharata – which has grown to be the biggest maker of posho mills in the region.

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