News
Kenya welcomes African Growth and Opportunity Act extension by US to 2028
The Government said the extension was particularly important for Kenya’s textile and apparel industry, one of the country’s biggest beneficiaries of AGOA.
Trade and Industry
News
Kindiki orders eight counties to fast-track industrial parks for commissioning
Kindiki, who chaired a special CAIPs status review meeting in Karen, Nairobi, on August 26, 2026, said the industrial parks would play a key role in Kenya’s industrialisation agenda by enabling counties to aggr...
News
Kenya urged to commercialise IP, cultural heritage to create jobs and wealth
CS Kinyanjui noted that Kenya needed to recognise the economic value embedded in locally developed products and use intellectual property protection to distinguish them from competing products in global markets
News
Kenya plans merger of three agencies in major intellectual property overhaul
The proposal is contained in the Kenya Intellectual Property Bill, 2026, which seeks to place the country’s intellectual property laws under one framework.
Counties
Sugar millers defend imports, blame smuggling for industry woes
Kibos Sugar, Busia Sugar Industry Limited and Sony Sugar told MPs that Kenya needs duty-remission imports to meet industrial demand for refined sugar, arguing that limited local refining capacity makes refined...
News
PS Mukhwana put on the spot over duty-free sugar imports
Lawmakers scrutinised the State Department for Industry over duty-free raw sugar import records, including inconsistencies on whether consignments were from Brazil or South Africa, and asked for documentation a...
Business
Mbadi defends Sh104 million sugar import tax waiver before MPs
Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Mbadi said the exemption from the Import Declaration Fee (IDF) and Railway Development Levy (RDL) followed consultations inv...
Business
Trade Ministry warns Middle East crisis threatens Kenya export revenues
The Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry warns the Middle East crisis is disrupting maritime and air cargo routes, delaying shipments and raising freight and fuel costs, threatening billions in annual ex...
News
Kuria laments lost industrial vision he championed as Trade CS
In a statement on Saturday, October 4, Kuria said he had envisioned a rapidly industrialising nation driven by investment, innovation and job creation for young people.
News
Government to roll out digital IDs for online traders
According to the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, the government plans to implement a digital seller identity system alongside a national e-commerce trustmark to help verify trader credentials, esta...