The balance was paid with the assets of Uplands Bacon Factory, which was owned by the Uplands Pig Producers Association — and that was how the pork industry was killed. Had Uplands Bacon Factory survived, it would now be 113 years old — and pig farming would, perhaps, be a huge business in this country. Kenya had been identified as one of the world’s future supplier of high-grade pigs thanks to the supply coming from the Uplands Bacon Factory. A new modern factory had been built and it looked like Kenya would have a voice in the global pork industry thanks to Uplands Bacon Factory. In September 1987, the government announced that revival of Uplands Bacon Factory was dead in the water and that it would be an expensive undertaking.

Source: Daily Nation February 17, 2019 06:56 UTC