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State targets to create 500,000 jobs in textile industry in five years

PS Mukhwana says government has invested Sh7 billion in Rivatex, but it is operating at less than 40 per cent of its capacity

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by BY MATHEWS NDANYI

Big-read15 January 2023 - 09:16
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Industrialisation PS Juma Mukhwana after touring Rivatex in Eldoret on January 13, 2023. He was with the firm's CEO Thomas Kipkurgat (R).

The government targets to create 500,000 new jobs in the textile industry in the next five years through the full revival of cotton and related sectors.  

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