Kisumu County, KBL unveil delivery team on Sh15 billion plant

Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o addressing residents during the Groundbreaking of the Sh27 Million Milk Chilling Plant in Shauri Moyo Estate in Muhoroni Sub County on 8-12-2017 (Phillip Orwa, Standard]

The Kisumu County Government and Kenya Breweries Limited have formed a joint committee to cater for community interests in the ongoing revival of the Kisumu Plant.

The Liaison and Delivery committee whose formation was announced by Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o will handle community engagement, issues management, information dissemination on employment and project updates. Those named to the committee include Nerry Achar, Alice Moraa, John Okise, Kennedy Ajwang and Obunga Awich.

“We are happy with KBL’s approach and the progress of the project. We appreciate the fact that problems will arise from time to time and we must always seek to solve the problems together,” said Prof Nyong’o when he announced the formation of the committee.

KBL Managing Director Jane Karuku welcomed the formation of the committee and said that the brewer was looking forward to becoming an integral part of Kisumu’s economic well-being. “We have made a lot of progress at the new brewery site since July and we are delighted at the progress. We look forward to completing the construction works on schedule,” Ms Karuku said.

Construction plans for the Sh15 billion Kisumu Brewery are on schedule with production set to commence next year.

Ms Karuku said the new plant will provide an expanded market opportunity mainly for sorghum farmers in Nyanza. The plant, she said will be heavily reliant on sorghum among other raw materials sourced from locals.

The plant will initially produce Senator Keg made using locally-sourced sorghum and KBL targets to recruit over 15,000 sorghum farmers with guaranteed market for the crop.

More jobs will be created when the construction is completed and operations begin. The plant is projected to be completed in 2018.