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Governor Wavinya Ndeti has urged both local and international investors to consider Machakos County as their investment destination of choice, saying her Government had put in place an excellent investment climate for growth of industries and companies.
Speaking yesterday at the Machakos International Convention Centre where she hosted investors in a round table meeting attended by Trade, Innovation and Investment Cabinet Secretary, Rabecca Miano, Wavinya assured industrialists that besides sound policies for supporting investment, her government was keen on improving key infrastructural facilities to support industrial growth.
The Governor said her administration was also leveraging on the proximity of the County to the capital, Nairobi, in order to attract investment traffic driven by availability of industrial space and friendly tariffs.
“Machakos is strategically located within major transport infrastructures, including the Standard Gauge Railway, the Meter Gauge Railway, the Nairobi Expressway, as well as the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway and the Nairobi-Namanga Highway, all connecting the County to Nairobi City, the Metropolitan Area, the hinterland, and the Coast,” said Wavinya.
These features, she noted, had contributed immensely in making Machakos one of the leading industrial counties in Kenya. According to available data, in 2023, Machakos’ contribution to overall Manufacturing in Kenya stood at 7.8% coming fourth after Nairobi 36.9%, Mombasa 9.6% and Kiambu 8.4%.
Wavinya cited key flagship projects including the Export Processing Zone in Athi River and the Kenya Leather Park in Kinanie, Athi River, as well as the Konza Technopolis as one of the key establishments that are likely to further open up the county to world-class investments.
The Governor pointed out her administration was racing against limited budgetary allocations to strategically focus on critical areas around improvement of roads network as well as industrial parks.
“My Government has allocated 250 million, towards the construction of the Machakos County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIP).The facility, which is coming up at the New Machakos City, will create opportunities for aggregation and value addition for domestic and export markets,” she said.
Speaking in the same forum, Deputy Governor, Francis Mwangangi urged investors to give local residents priority in jobs allocation. “We urge all investors to consider making use of the available labor in Machakos before importing it from other counties. In doing so, they will be helping the county Government address the rampant unemployment in the county,” he said.
CS Rabecca Miano said President William Ruto’s Government was focused on promoting Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) terming them critical in unlocking the problem of unemployment in the country.
Wavinya woos investors with infrastructure, trade policies
Governor Wavinya Ndeti has urged both local and international investors to consider Machakos County as their investment destination of choice, saying her Government had put in place an excellent investment climate for growth of industries and companies.
Speaking yesterday at the Machakos International Convention Centre where she hosted investors in a round table meeting attended by Trade, Innovation and Investment Cabinet Secretary, Rabecca Miano, Wavinya assured industrialists that besides sound policies for supporting investment, her government was keen on improving key infrastructural facilities to support industrial growth.
The Governor said her administration was also leveraging on the proximity of the County to the capital, Nairobi, in order to attract investment traffic driven by availability of industrial space and friendly tariffs.
“Machakos is strategically located within major transport infrastructures, including the Standard Gauge Railway, the Meter Gauge Railway, the Nairobi Expressway, as well as the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway and the Nairobi-Namanga Highway, all connecting the County to Nairobi City, the Metropolitan Area, the hinterland, and the Coast,” said Wavinya.
These features, she noted, had contributed immensely in making Machakos one of the leading industrial counties in Kenya. According to available data, in 2023, Machakos’ contribution to overall Manufacturing in Kenya stood at 7.8% coming fourth after Nairobi 36.9%, Mombasa 9.6% and Kiambu 8.4%.
Wavinya cited key flagship projects including the Export Processing Zone in Athi River and the Kenya Leather Park in Kinanie, Athi River, as well as the Konza Technopolis as one of the key establishments that are likely to further open up the county to world-class investments.
The Governor pointed out her administration was racing against limited budgetary allocations to strategically focus on critical areas around improvement of roads network as well as industrial parks.
“My Government has allocated 250 million, towards the construction of the Machakos County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIP).The facility, which is coming up at the New Machakos City, will create opportunities for aggregation and value addition for domestic and export markets,” she said.
Speaking in the same forum, Deputy Governor, Francis Mwangangi urged investors to give local residents priority in jobs allocation. “We urge all investors to consider making use of the available labor in Machakos before importing it from other counties. In doing so, they will be helping the county Government address the rampant unemployment in the county,” he said.
CS Rabecca Miano said President William Ruto’s Government was focused on promoting Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) terming them critical in unlocking the problem of unemployment in the country.
“The Government will continue to work with (SMEs), which comprise the backbone of our economy, through initiatives such as the recently launched Karibu Business Centres, which will provide comprehensive business registration and facilitate service,” said the CS.
