Bata Shoe Company has invested Sh45 million ($450,000) in a boots manufacturing plant as it seeks to tap into new market created by President Uhuru Kenyatta's directive that all military gear should be bought from local manufacturers.
The plant, only a month old, has already produced samples of the “Combat Boot”, and according to Mr Alberto Errico, the company’s president, it has a capacity of producing between 300,000 and 400,000 pairs per year.
