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The Bungoma county Aggregated Industrial Park at 30 % complete. Pic 2:Industry PS Jumah Mukhwana and Bungoma governor Kenneth Lusaka during a site inspection at the Sang’alo CAIP. [Juliet Omelo/ Standard] The Bungoma County Aggregated Industrial Park (CAIP) is on track for completion by June of this year, Trade and Industrialization Principal Secretary Juma Mukhwana has said. The site was launched in August 2023. During an inspection visit to the park in Sang’alo, PS Mukhwana expressed satisfaction with the project’s progress despite early challenges. “The park is at thirty percent complete, and if the same pace is maintained, we expect it to be completed and running by end of June,” said PS Mukhwana. He noted that the contractor encountered difficulties with the site’s topography, particularly in removing large boulders, which slowed construction during the initial phase. . Keep Reading Mukhwana urges push for lab accreditation to enhance local exports Why KDF will still be back on the streets in case of
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Mar
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 18 – Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has welcomed the United Kingdom’s commitment to supporting economic investments across Kenyan counties in a bid to end aid-dependency. Odinga said that the UK’s shift from traditional aid to economic investment reaffirms a commitment to maintaining the long-standing relationship between the two countries. Odinga endorsed the UK’s approach when he met United Kingdom High Commissioner to Kenya, Neil Wigan, on Tuesday. “I was happy to learn that the UK is keen to strengthen ties with our counties through a shift from traditional aid to economic investment,” he stated. UK and Kenya agreed on a £3.4 billion package of green investment deals positioning the UK as a key investment partner during COP27 as part of an effort to support low-carbon growth.
Feb
Ghana’s economic growth remains heavily dependent on the mining and oil sectors, raising concerns about the country’s slow structural transformation and limited job creation, experts have said. Speaking at the launch of the Productivity, Employment and Growth Report in Accra on February 24, 2025, Government Statistician Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim stressed the need for Ghana to rethink how labour and capital are combined across all sectors. He noted that while productivity has improved over the past three decades, much of the growth has been driven by extractive industries, which contribute significantly to GDP but create few jobs. “The data shows that while productivity has increased, much of this progress is confined to the mining sector, which does not generate enough employment opportunities,” he said. “If Ghana wants to double its
Feb
A Chinese company, Jiuling Lithium Mining Company, says it has concluded plans to invest over $200 million in the establishment of a lithium processing factory in the Endo community in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The representative of the Managing Director of the company, Xiong Jin, disclosed this to Governor Abdullahi Sule during a visit to the factory’s site in the local government on Wednesday. Jin assured the governor of the company’s commitment to building one of the largest lithium mining companies in the state. While giving specific technical details about the size of the factory, Jin mentioned that the company would pay graduates employed to work at the mining site a minimum of N500,000. The Managing Director, however, called for the state government’s support in the