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High production costs, cheap imports to blame for Kenya’s waning competitiveness

By MACHARIA KAMAU

The contribution of manufacturing to the economy has stagnated at 10 per cent over three decades. This is according to the Kenya Economic Report 2013 by the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra).

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