Illicit trade hurts Kenya’s economic goals

Detectives inspect a truck loaded with suspected counterfeit seeds and farm chemicals in Njoro, Nakuru County.

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Kenya has set an ambitious goal to build a stronger manufacturing economy capable of creating jobs, attracting investment and expanding exports across Africa.

It is a vision anchored in Vision 2030 and reinforced by growing opportunities under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Realising that ambition, however, will depend not only on expanding industrial capacity, but also on protecting the integrity of the market in which legitimate businesses operate.

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