Kirinyaga courts investors for Sagana Industrial Park

DAVID WANDETO-KNA

The County Government of Kirinyaga has begun the process of onboarding investors who have expressed interest in establishing industries at the Sagana Industrial Park.

Representatives from 13 companies seeking to set up factories, accompanied by officials from the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA), visited the facility to assess progress as the county moves to operationalise the park.

County Executive Committee Member for Cooperatives, Trade, Tourism, Marketing, Industrialization and Enterprise Development Calbert Njeru, who hosted the delegation, expressed confidence that the investor onboarding process will be finalised by the end of June.

“The investor onboarding process is progressing well and we hosted another team from EPZA to guide interested investors through the requirements after they expressed interest in investing in Sagana,” he said.

Njeru said the county government had made major strides in developing infrastructure needed to support industries within the park. “In terms of infrastructure development, we are now at 90 per cent completion. 

Tarmacking of roads will begin soon after a contractor was awarded the tender. The Governor has also committed resources to guarantee sufficient water supply while electricity is already connected at the site,” he added.

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru said the County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIP) and Export Processing Zone (EPZ) facilities at the park have reached 90 per cent completion as the onboarding of investors officially gets underway.

Construction of eight warehouses has already been completed, including two cold rooms, two aggregation warehouses and four value-addition warehouses.

“Everyone is excited and it is clear that the Industrial Park is developing rapidly. This is the kind of development people can see and feel,” she said.

The Governor noted that the facility, situated within the Sagana Agro-Industrial City, a designated Special Economic Zone (SEZ), will create employment opportunities and provide farmers with expanded markets by linking agriculture to processing and manufacturing industries.