Export Authority is a golden goose on creation of jobsThe Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) has made great strides since it was launched in 1990 as a response to a decline in industrial investment and output, poor export performance and inadequate job and wealth creation.Since then, the number of investors has grown, the latest being square pharmaceuticals and Be Brawn, a company of great repute in healthcare worldwide. There are currently 71 gazetted EPZA zones across the country, most of them moribund but it is encouraging that 131 enterprises are operational at the headquarters while another 42 have been approved. One local company has for instance contracted many farmers from Mt Kenya who now export their crop through the EPZA. These include primary activities, export quarantine services for livestock and fisheries so as to widen opportunity for logistics and live exports. They also want a railway siding adjacent the SGR Athi River station for EPZ and the environs for logistic oriented projects.

Source: Standard Digital December 21, 2018 21:04 UTC