The good, bad and ugly of state privatisation plan

The East Africa Portland Cement Company./FILE

Efforts  to privatise or lease state factories and enterprises have over the years faced endless court battles, political interference and resistance from workers.

Even so, the government has always insisted that privatisation is the most viable way to stop the financial bleeding of those entities.

While some like KenGen and Safaricom have turned out as a success story, the majority like Kenya Airways and several state-owned sugar firms have disappointed.