Banning clinker imports will spur growth of cement industry

Kenya’s development ambitions are currently premised on the Jubilee administration’s Big Four Agenda through which it seeks to achieve enhanced manufacturing, food security, universal healthcare and affordable housing by 2022.

Under the Big Four, the government is targeting to expand manufacturing and increase its contribution to GDP from 9.2 per cent to 15 per cent; construct 500,000 new affordable houses; achieve 100 per cent food security and nutrition; and 100 per cent universal healthcare.