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Kenya's untapped export potential hits Sh670b mark

KAM Chairperson Jane Karuku. [David Gichuru, Standard]

An unfavourable domestic policy environment might be suffocating Kenya’s export growth, leaving more than Sh670 billion ($5.2 billion) on the table.

A report by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) analysing the country’s export competitiveness cites several setbacks among them cost of power, poor trade logistics infrastructure and policy gaps.

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