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Inside Sh800 million plan to boost jua kali sector

A Jua kali artisan chisels a metal sheet to make a frying pot at Kibuye market in Kisumu on June 13, 2019. [File, Standard]

Consumers' negative attitude towards jua kali products is one of the pain points dwarfing the sector's growth as identified in its first strategic plan.

The plan also singled out identified the sector's old manual production methods that should be replaced with modern technology to grow the industry.

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