tourism catalog year 2014 - 2015
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AFRICA
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AGRICULTURE
FOOD INDUSTRY
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
TOURISM
CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
FINANCE
EDUCATION
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Trade support institutions
The trade support institutions in the county include; Chamber
of commerce, Kenya Association of Manufacturers, ExportPromotion Council, Kenya Investment Authority, Kenya
National Farmers Association, National Cereals and Produce
Board.
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Uasin Gishu has an extensive road network comprising of over 300 Kms of tarmac roads, 549 Kms of
marrum and 377 Kms of earth roads.
179 Kms of railway line with 8 railway stations.
An inland container depot. 95% mobile phone coverage provided by all the major
service providers in Kenya.
16 post offices,
Connected to fibre optic cables.
Infrastructure and Access
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Has a branch of the Central Bank of Kenya, 21
Commercial banks, and 5 major micro financing
institutions.
2 public universities , 2 private universities and
constituent colleges of major universities. There is
also a National Polytechnic, a Technical Training
Institute and several private commercial colleges.
30 trading centers, 33 secondary schools and 12
health centers
The Eldoret International Airport Two airstrips
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Land and Land Use
The Uasin Gishu County has an average land holding of 5 hectares in
rural areas, and 0.25 of hectares within Eldoret Municipality.
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Agricultural ActivitiesUasin Gishu County covers an area of 3,327Km2 with a
human population of 894,179 and 202,000 households
(NPC 2009). It has six sub-counties; Turbo, Soy, Moiben,
Ainabkoi, Kessesand Kapsaret, 30 wards, 51 locations
and 100 sub-locations. Arable land covers 2,995 sq km,
while 332.78 is non- arable (hilly and rocky), 23.4 sq km is
water mass and 196 sq km is urban.
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Ideal location:
Accessibility:
Diverse Investment Opportunities:
Openness to trade:
Flexible Incentives:
Ease of Doing Business:
Modern Infrastructure:
Responsive investment promotion exper
Economic & Political Stability:
Skilled Labour Supply:
Top 10 Reasons to Invest in Uasin Gishu
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Production and processing of medicinal herbs
Greenhouse production
Construction of refrigerated storage facilities
Production of fertilizers
Seed farming
Apiculture
Aquaculture
Production of meat products
Establishment of mills
Floriculture and ornamental plant production
Pedigree cattle farms
Production of nurseling
Establishment of broiler enterprises
Production of fresh fruits and vegetables (apple
fruits, cherries, avocados, tomatoes, grapes, c
greens, early potatoes, tea leaves, citrus fruits, onio
Establishment of stock-farm for milk produ
processing purposes
Development of veterinary services Horticulture
INVESTMENT AREAS IN AGRICULTURE
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Production of tomato paste
Production of fruit juices
Packaging and labelling
Production of meat and meat products
Poultry production
Production of dairy products
Production of sunflower oil
Honey processing and packaging
Production of mineral and natural water and packaging
Potato processing (production of potato chips, potato
flour, etc.)
Confectionery production
Bakery and floury products
Production of frozen fruits and vegetables
Nuts processing facility
Production of child food
Establishment of passion fruit processing m
Wine production
Canned fruits and vegetables production
Production of dried fruit and berries
Production of mayonnaise, ketchup and oth
INVESTMENT AREAS IN FOOD INDUSTRIES
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Production of solar photovoltaic panels
Establishment of solar water heaters
Production of solar lanterns
Production of flat plate collector Production of solar modules
Reasons to invest in Energy sub sector: High potential and rich resources of alternative and renewable energy
Governments profound interest in developing the sector
State Strategy on use of Alternative and Renewable energy sources
Successfully implemented pilot projectsOpenness to foreign companies
Production of solar panels
Production of wind turbines
Establishment of wind farms
Production of wind valves Production of windmill blades
Production of wind battery charger and converters
Investment areas Alternative Energy
KENYA PIPELINE ELDORET
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Increasing demand in residential constructionmarket
Significant industrial, agricultural and transport
projects
Influx of business travelers and foreign tourists
causing
major demand in hotel sector
Continuous reforms and strategies to boost the
sector
residential sector
hotel sector
office sector
warehouse sector
Infrastructure
Growing income of population and concessional lo
Local production of required construction materials
quality brand hotels in the County to serve the region
tourism complexeslogistical warehouses
production of new types of construction materials
development of architectural and engineering services
introduction of state of the art construction technology
Production of building finishing materials
Production of construction materials
Construction of brick factory
Production of steel
Construction of logistical warehouses
Production of cement concrete blocks
Fabrication of construction machinery
INVESTMENT AREAS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
Reasons to invest construction
Main developing subsectors
Construction investment areas
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The main directions of state policy in the field of industry include the modernization and
reconstruction of equipment facilities, increasing the competitiveness of national products,
introduction of new technologies and know-how, attraction of investments and encouraging the
processing industry development.
INVESTMENT AREAS IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
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COUNTY PRIORITY SECTORS:
a) Agro processing- (Dairy products, leather products, animal feeds,
Bee products, Fish products, Poultry products, Rabbit products,
Meat products, Food processing)
b) Tourism(hospitality & Tour operators)
c) Sports- (sportswear & Equipment, Academies, Gyms,)
d) Metal Fabrication and Wood work
e) Services (ICT, Hairdressing, Mechanics, Cobblers, Electricians,
Plumbers, Florist & Landscapers, Transport)
f) Building & Construction(Brick & Block making)
g) Renewable Energy- (Solar, Biogas, Wind energy, Briquettes,
energy saving Technology)
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a) Vegetable processing
b) Soya, maize & sunflower oil processing
c) Mushroom processing
d) Grading and packaging of farm produce
e) Cereal Flour milling
f) Animal feeds processingg) Organic fertilizer making
h) Briquette making
a) Root and tuber processing
b) Fruit processing
c) Manufacture of packaging materials
d) Honey processing
e) Water bottling
f) Block and brick making
g) Fabrication of equipment for value addition
h) Milk processing
POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS BASED ON
AVAILABLE RESOURCES
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