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Kenafric chews into the market with a sweet Sh1 billion confectionary plant
Left: Part of Botch chiclet machine recently installed at the Kenafric Industries plant. Right: Workers sort sweets at the factory. Photos/DIANA NGILA
It was a Tuesday morning and the workers of confectionery and footwear firm Kenafric Industries Limited were at hand to welcome government officials and international guests to their plant for the commissioning of a new Sh1 billion production line.
In the gathering — and almost unnoticed was 79-year-old Velji Punja Shah — the man who started this multi-million enterprise in 1968 and hardly willing to get any recognition.
