Sh300m paint plant to be built in Kisumu

CROWN Paints Kenya Ltd will build a Sh300million factory in Kisumu county. CEO Rakesh Rao said the factory will be based at Kisian Junction on the Kisumu-Busia road. This will be the company’s first water-based paints factory outside Nairobi and is expected to be completed in 2015. Rao was speaking to the press during the ground-breaking ceremony at Kisian grounds on Wednesday. He said Kisumu is a regional hub with great infrastructure and proximity to the greater Western and Northern Rift regions. “This project will be funded internally and from various Crown Paints subsidiaries,” Rao said...