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Manufacturers might have to layoff staff after Trump tariffs, KAM says

Employees of Hela Intimates EPZ Limited in Athi River, Machakos County. [File, Standard]

Days after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a ten percent tariff on all goods exported from Kenya and other African countries, the manufacturing sector is facing potential job cuts.

This is according to Tobias Alendo, Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), during an interview with the Standard last week.

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