Thika-based company to put up a Sh. 1.9B plant, create more jobs.
Trade and Industry CS Peter Munya and Kiambu DG James Nyoro during a visit at Blue Nile Rolling Mills in Thika. |
The additional high-speed
wire galvanized plant (32 line) will have an installed
capacity of 30,000 metric tons per annum.
This was revealed by the end of the week during a visit by Cabinet Secretary for Trade and Industry Peter
Munya and Kiambu Deputy Governor Dr. James Nyoro.
The completion of the plant will result to increased job opportunities,
transfer of skills and knowledge, support to women entrepreneurs in Kiambu by
training them in chain link production in their homes to enhance their incomes.
The Thika-based steel
manufacturing multi billion company currently creates over 1000 job
opportunities.
Dr. Nyoro reiterated
his county’s commitment to encourage more
investments in and ensure that Thika becomes the real industrial town in Kiambu
and Kenya at large.
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