Developers in South Rift region have reason to smile after a Sh800 million steel manufacturing plant was opened in the area. Prime steel company at Awasi in Kericho producing iron and steel materials comes as a big relief to construction companies and developers from the region that have for long incurred huge expenses when sourcing for the materials. Robert Rono, an architect based in Bomet, said the presence of Prime Steel has changed the construction sector for the better. “Cost of transportation is much less nowadays besides spending less in acquiring the materials for construction from the factory,” adds Rono. In the country, the manufacturing sector had been forgotten, contributing less than 10 per cent of the GDP in the past 10 years according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

Source: The Star May 17, 2019 21:00 UTC