Unpredictable market dynamics, raw exports stifles manufacturing growth

Workers operate sewing machines to stitch pieces of fabric together to make jeans inside the United Aryan textile factory at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nairobi on February 4, 2025.[FILE]

Kenya has a blueprint as a net importer of finished goods and exporter of raw unprocessed goods, robbing its people economic self-reliance.

To shift the country into a manufacturing powerhouse, the country is targeting massive job creation, Import substitution, and export dominance cross leather, footwear, cotton and textile apparel, edible oils, dairy and pharmaceutical value chains.