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Introduction
Kisii County enjoys favorable climatic conditions that favour agriculture. This sector thus provides the veins that keep the county economy productive. The sector employs over 80% of the county’s workforce; is a source of household income raw materials for agro-based industries; assists in environmental conservation. Agriculture is mainly small scale with production of food crops using non-mechanized techniques.
The Kisii county government will encourage value addition to crops that are produced within the county. These include developing fruit processing industries like Avocados, pineapples, bananas packaging and branding commodities from the county and establishing linkages with research institutions to develop better crops.
Coffee: The Arabica coffee grown in Kisii County is among the best in the world yet is unknown as it is used for blending with coffee from other countries so as to improve their quality. The county is seeking for an investor to set up a facility to process, brand and market this unique product.
Tea: The top ranked tea at the Mombasa auction is from Kisii County and like in coffee we are seeking for an investor to brand and market our tea both locally and internationally. An investment opportunity also exists in the area of a green tea factory.
Fruit Processing: The county has an abundant supply of fruits (passion fruit, pineapples, tomatoes, oranges) for a fruit processing plant. This can be juice extraction, canning, jams, marmalade, etc. Also, there is an oversupply of avocados to support a medium sized plant to process the fruit into various products.
Pyrethrum: Kisii County was at one time the world leader in the production of pyrethrum which it lost due to the introduction of synthetic products. With the world getting more environmentally aware, the demand for natural solutions has grown. An investment opportunity exists for a plant to extract pyrethrin as an insecticide.
Bananas: Various varieties of bananas grow in the county making this the most attractive agro - product for value addition due to its abundance. Investors are invited to set up processing plants for this readily available products into juice, crisps, wafers, cakes and flour amongs't others.
Kisii County enjoys favorable climatic conditions that favour agriculture. This sector thus provides the veins that keep the county economy productive. The sector employs over 80% of the county’s workforce; is a source of household income raw materials for agro-based industries; assists in environmental conservation. Agriculture is mainly small scale with production of food crops using non-mechanized techniques.
Trade Initiatives Trade and Business Information Centre Trade and business information centre will play the role of a one stop shop for trade and business opportunities in the County. It will house a branch of Export Promotion Council (EPC) and Kenya Investment Authority. Trade in Kisii is one of the growing sectors that require s support to grow further through value addition and exploit export opportunities especially to the Middle East and Dubai.
Kisii County is the home to one of the largest open markets namely DarajaMbili market. Market Development and Management Development of modern markets is critical in harnessing the existing rural trade potential. Currently, the traders undertake their businesses in open places that are neither covered by shades nor provided with toilets and water. The Kisii County Government plans to support this project with investors to improve the business climate in the rural areas.
We also intend to partner with the corporate world to improve kiosks within Kisii Town and at the Sub-County Headquarters. 24-Hour Economy We plan to make Kisii Town a 24-Hour Economy through the provision of street lights initially at the Central Business District and later at the suburbs and towns within the sub-counties. We shall beef up security for those businesses that will extend hours of business. The current situation in Kisii Town is not pleasing at all and therefore the need to re-look at the way we do and carry out our business. A number of investors have shown interest in partnering with us in the provision of street lighting.
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