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EAC in talks to build fertiliser plants
Dock workers at the port of Mombasa off-load imported fertiliser. Kenya uses the bulk of fertiliser imported in the region. Local farmers use an average of 30kg per hectare annually. Photo/File
Kenya faces competition in its ambition to control the Sh50 billion East Africa fertiliser market from Tanzania and Uganda, which are bidding to construct their own fertiliser plants.
The East African Community has intensified talks with international financiers to back jointly-owned plants in the two countries just days after Kenya embarked on the search for a strategic international investor for its own plant planned to begin in March.
