How Kenya can develop its light manufacturing sector

Paul Murage works on chaff cutters outside his Jua Kali shop in Nyeri town. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI

Last week, I attended a meeting organised by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the government of Ethiopia aimed at analysing and sharing lessons on the development of light manufacturing in Africa.

The development of light manufacturing is an important part of Kenya’s plan for industrialisation as articulated in the Kenya Industrial Transformation Programme (KITP).

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