Why EPZ firms are struggling to create jobs

An EPZ firm in Athi River. Demand for textiles, especially in the US, has fallen.

Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

Nearly 200 firms operating in export processing zones (EPZs) are struggling to create new jobs as demand for textiles falls amid a shortage of space, official statistics show.

Data by the State Department for Investments Promotion indicate that new jobs created in the low-tax zones rose at a paltry 2.58 percent to 4,142 in the year ended June, from 4,038 a year earlier.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.