India’s Ashok to set up assembly plant in Kenya

Drivers stand next to Ashok Leyland trucks in Mumbai in this file photo. {Photo Courtesy: REUTERS}

Indian vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland will soon open a bus assembly plant in Kenya, Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed has said.

Mr Mohamed, who made the confirmation on Tuesday during a visit to the Ashok Leyland assembly plant in India, also said he had engagements with Ashok’s top management and any hurdles that could derail the planned investment had been cleared.