Factories, malls, hotels give Kisumu County new buzz as investment zone

For two decades, Kisumu County registered a massive economic downturn characterised by rising poverty and crime levels owing to the collapse of its mainstay industries.

From the fall of once vibrant fish and sugar processors to the closure of the giant Kisumu Cotton Mills (Kicomi) and the region’s economy suffered a devastating blow, leaving thousands of households highly disadvantaged.