Mombasa Apparels EPZ’s garment factory valued at US $ 25-million started its operations in Kenya’s coastal town of Mtwapa. It will manufacture garments for the international market. The factory has created 3,000 direct jobs with a potential to create another 4,000 jobs in its second phase of development. “Such investments in the textiles and apparels sectors are a clear demonstration of the growing investor confidence. The government is deliberately focusing on labour intensive sectors that are key drivers in job creation and industrialization,” said Adan Mohamed, Industrialization and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary. The EPZ Apparel’s Sector currently employs more than 35,000 people in the EPZ alone, and has the potential to generate more jobs across the entire value chain in the country over the next two years if the right mix of policy interventions is implemented.
