Sales from the export processing zones (EPZs) grew 21.7 percent to Sh136.2 billion last year attributed to an increase in the number of firms gazetted as EPZs and a strong demand in the export market.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that this has resulted in an increase in the employment rate at the zones and in the formal manufacturing sector by 1.9 percent to 369,200 people.
