Minutes lay bare Narendra Raval’s fresh bid for Sh8bn clinker business

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A ship offloads clinker at the Port of Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Five cement makers have put up a spirited fight against a fresh plot by billionaire Narendra Raval Guru to control the lucrative clinker market.

Mr Narendra, also known as Guru, through his company National Cement, is once again pushing for enhanced import duty on clinker, the main ingredient for the manufacture of cement as the steel magnate eyes some Sh8.3 billion that factories without grinders pay to import the crucial raw material.

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