The brewer, whose ground-breaking was officiated yesterday by President Uhuru Kenyatta, is projected to handle up to a quarter of the output by Kenya Breweries. It will initially produce Senator Keg popular with low-end consumers. KBL says keg production could increase by one million hectolitres after Kisumu starts operations. The plant was shut down in 2002 in what Kenya Breweries said was sufficient capacity at the Nairobi plant, as well as opening of a plant in Port Bell by its affiliate Uganda Breweries. The factory was then mothballed, occasionally being used as a depot even as employees lost their jobs.

Source: Daily Nation July 12, 2017 16:18 UTC