国内英语资讯:Chinese investors could help build Kenya into regional manufacturing hub: lobby
<p><span word="NAIROBI">NAIROBI</span>, <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 11-- <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="investors">investors</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="instrumental">instrumental</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="hub">hub</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Kenyan">Kenyan</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="lobby">lobby</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="Mucai">Mucai</span> <span word="Kunyiha">Kunyiha</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span> <span word="chairman">chairman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="Association">Association</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Manufacturers">Manufacturers</span> (<span word="KAM">KAM</span>), <span word="told">told</span> <span word="journalists">journalists</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="manufacturers">manufacturers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="share">share</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="uncompetitiveness">uncompetitiveness</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Tapping">Tapping</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="finance">finance</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strategies">strategies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="pursue">pursue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="Kenyan">Kenyan</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="marketable">marketable</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="regionally">regionally</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="internationally">internationally</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Kunyiha">Kunyiha</span>.</p><p><span word="Kunyiha">Kunyiha</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Kenyan">Kenyan</span> <span word="industrialists">industrialists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="keen">keen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="joint">joint</span> <span word="ventures">ventures</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="manufacturers">manufacturers</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="markets">markets</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="Kenyan">Kenyan</span> <span word="manufacturers">manufacturers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="licensed">licensed</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="locally">locally</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="observed">observed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="manufactured">manufactured</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="Community">Community</span> <span word="bloc">bloc</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="industrialist">industrialist</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="exports">exports</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="manufactured">manufactured</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Uganda">Uganda</span>, <span word="Tanzania">Tanzania</span>, <span word="Rwanda">Rwanda</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Burundi">Burundi</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="declining">declining</span> <span word="trend">trend</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="low">low</span>-<span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="nations">nations</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lobby">lobby</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="over">over</span> 300 <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="operational">operational</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="diverse">diverse</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="motor">motor</span> <span word="bike">bike</span> <span word="assembly">assembly</span>, <span word="ceramics">ceramics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sanitary">sanitary</span> <span word="towels">towels</span> <span word="sectors">sectors</span>.</p><p><span word="Kunyiha">Kunyiha</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="operations">operations</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="employment">employment</span> <span word="opportunities">opportunities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="engaged">engaged</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="suppliers">suppliers</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="boosted">boosted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>.</p>
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