PS counts on industrial sheds to spur growth
What you need to know:
- Jua Kali organisations will take over 153 industrial sheds out of 188 that were started in 2009 under the economic stimulus plan.
- The project cost Sh550 million, with Sh3.5 million allocated to the 188 constituencies by President Uhuru Kenyatta when he was the Finance minister.
Jua Kali organisations will take over 153 industrial sheds out of 188 that were started in 2009 under the economic stimulus plan.
Industrialisation and Enterprise Development Principal Secretary Wilson Songa said the stalls would help in job creation and spur economic growth at the grassroots.
The project cost Sh550 million, with Sh3.5 million allocated to the 188 constituencies by President Uhuru Kenyatta when he was the Finance minister.
Dr Songa said the government has identified land where special economic zones are to be established in Mombasa, Lamu and Kisumu.
MASTER PLAN
“The next stage is the master plan for the project, and which we are already working on. The economic zones are supposed to be situated next to water bodies,” he said on Thursday.
The secretary said the setting up of the zones would transform investment in the sector will create more jobs in the country.
Dr Songa also chairs the General, Economic and Commercial Affairs sector, which comprises ministries of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism and Industrialisation and Enterprise Development.
