Welcome to the politics of the cement industry. If the government succumbs to pressure by a section of cement manufacturers to introduce a 20 percent duty on imported clinker, it will have administered euthanasia to the local cement industry.
That is the conclusion I have reached after going through a report by an independent committee that was appointed by both the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry and tasked to assess clinker production capacity and consumption in Kenya.
