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How local sourcing by giant firms can cut unemployment

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Kendi Mirithu, founder and chief executive Alkay Consulting. [Esther Dianah, Standard]

Many multinational corporations have embraced local sourcing initiatives towards sustainable economic development and local job creation.

Kendi Mirithu, an entrepreneur in the solar panel industry, underscores the transformative potential of such strategies. "If all multinationals operating in Kenya embraced local sourcing of raw materials, we would mitigate the scourge of joblessness," she says.

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