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Company unveils plan to build Sh15 billion brewery in Kisumu

President Uhuru Kenyatta (standing, right), Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes (standing, left) look on as Industrialisation CS Aden Mohamed (sitting, right) and Kenya Breweries CEO Jane Karuku sign documents on the opening of the Sh15 billion brewery in Kisumu. [Moses Omusula, Standard]

A brewer plans to construct a Sh15 billion plant in Kisumu that will create 110,000 jobs.

The chief executive officer of East African Breweries’ major shareholder, Diageo, a multinational company, Ivan Menezes, held talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday at State House, where the company announced its plans about the mega investment that will sit on 50 acres.

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