Development of the County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIP) in Kirinyaga is nearing completion, marking a serious milestone within the county’s journey towards changing into a regional hub for agro-processing and industrial growth.
The ability, situated throughout the Sagana Agro-Industrial suburb, which is a delegated Particular Financial Zone (SEZ), will go a good distance in supporting worth addition, strengthening agricultural worth chains and creating employment alternatives.
At present, the development of eight warehouses has attained 86 per cent completion. These embrace two warehouses for chilly rooms, two for aggregation and 4 for value-addition, a step that indicators regular progress towards full operationalisation of the power.
The County Aggregation and Industrial Park undertaking in Sagana
Talking in Kariti Ward, Ndia Constituency, the place the undertaking is domiciled, Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru stated the undertaking is projected to create huge job alternatives, particularly for youth and ladies, as soon as buyers start operations.
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She famous that the Industrial Park will present farmers with a structured system for aggregating produce, preserving it by means of trendy chilly storage amenities and channelling it into value-added industries throughout the Park.
“Those who grow avocados will have a place to supply their produce, as we will have an avocado oil factory. Those cultivating tomatoes will have their tomatoes processed into tomato paste. Those will be more than 100,000 indirect jobs, while more than 10,000 direct jobs will go to our youth and women in Kirinyaga,” she burdened.
Waiguru stated the undertaking is likely one of the county’s flagship financial transformation initiatives and can play a central position in strengthening Kirinyaga’s agricultural economic system and positioning Kirinyaga as an rising manufacturing and agro-processing hub within the area.
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She famous that the built-in method is anticipated to considerably scale back post-harvest losses whereas opening up new markets for farmers by linking agricultural manufacturing to processing and manufacturing, sealing from end-to-end her imaginative and prescient for the Wezesha Kirinyaga agro-economic empowerment programme.
“The Industrial Park will attract investors who will establish agro-processing factories at the facility, creating a reliable market for local farm produce and boosting incomes for farmers across the County. Other investment opportunities include logistics, packaging, warehousing and other industrial activities linked to the facility,” she stated.
Waiguru additionally thanked the Nationwide authorities for supporting the institution of the power, noting that collaboration between the 2 ranges of presidency has been instrumental in accelerating the implementation of the initiative.
A Monitoring crew from the Ministry of Commerce and the Workplace of the Deputy President visited the county to evaluate the undertaking’s implementation standing and had been impressed by the progress achieved.
Kirinyaga is among the many quickest counties within the implementation of the County Aggregation and Industrial Park undertaking. Moreover growing the CAIP, the County authorities has additionally been working to make sure that supporting infrastructure throughout the Industrial Park can also be developed, amongst them being dykes to guard the Park towards flooding from the Sagana and Ragati rivers.
By Mutai Kipng’etich
