The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the manufacturing sector have agreed to develop a list of locally made products which state ministries, departments and agencies will be barred from importing starting January. Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed said the plan aims at fast-tracking the implementation of the Buy Kenya, Build Kenya policy. But for everything that can be made in this country, we will buy those products from Kenyan manufacturers,” Mohamed said yesterday. He said the government is obliged to buy locally manufactured goods to a cost higher by up to 15 per cent to the price of similar imported goods. Previous government efforts to buy local products including the Buy Kenya Build Kenya initiative have been hampered by quality issues and high prices.

Source: The Star November 17, 2016 00:21 UTC