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Are SMEs slowing down manufacturing sector?

Manufacturing contribution to national GDP remains below the 15 per cent target. [iStockphoto]

The stranglehold of manufacturing by micro and small enterprises has been linked to the sector's slow growth.

According to a report by a government think tank, the business environment for small enterprises does not favour them and the speed at which Kenya's manufacturing sector doesn't reflect the State's efforts to boost it.

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