KENYA BUSINESS LEADERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING OF KENYA TEXTILE BACKWARD LINKAGES TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE TO SECONDHAND CLOTHES
November 2nd, 2021
The Kenyan government is being urged to strengthen the country’s backward linkages in clothing and textile production to ease poorer Kenyans’ reliance on imports of commercial second-hand clothing, factory and shop rejects.
Phyllis Wakiaga, chief executive officer at the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), stressed to just-style how the textile, apparel and cotton sub-sector has been identified as a key priority, with the potential for high growth and economic impact.
“Our estimates were that between 2018-2022, cumulative investments in the ...
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