Why Chamber of Commerce needs steady leadership

Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Richard Ngatia dances with delegates from Coast region at the Kenya Red Cross hall in Malindi on Sunday, May, 7, 2023. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

Any modern nation has its fulcrum on a solid economy driven by trade and commerce. A country thrives against her neighbours and the world when the balance of payments is in her favour.

Yet for business to grow, a country needs powerful lobby to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), leverage on technology transfer and strategically get cheaper imports for local production.