The Manufacturing Priority Agenda (MPA) 2025, published by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), is KAM’s annual strategic plan to boost Kenya’s manufacturing sector through improved competitiveness, export growth, agro-industry development, and SME support. It focuses on creating a stable policy environment, lowering costs, and enhancing market access to achieve sustainable industrial growth and increase manufacturing’s GDP share to 20% by 2030.

The Manufacturing Priority Agenda (MPA) 2024 details advocacy priorities that KAM deems valuable in driving industrialization agenda to achieve the envisaged manufacturing sector contribution to GDP to 20% by 2030 (Vision 20BY30). It is imperative to underscore the need for an environment that creates and enhances collaboration between the government and the private sector to shape public policy for the common good. Through deliberation, information about investment opportunities and bottlenecks is elicited.

The Cotton, Textile and Apparel policy is designed to revitalize the once thriving cotton industry in Kenya. The policy aims to increase cotton production, boost value-addition, create employment and skills development, enhance market access, promote sustainability, innovation, research and development in the CTA sector. By taking into consideration the historical challenges and present realities, the policy seeks to tackle the structural challenges grappling the sector through creation of an enabling environment for a robust sectoral growth across all the nodes of the value chain from farm to fashion.

The Strategic Plan (2023-2027) for the State Department outlines the department’s goals and priorities, aligning with national and international development agendas. Developed through a consultative process, it aims to build on past achievements, address previous challenges, and support Kenya’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda, making the country a competitive manufacturing hub.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Construction Input Price Indices (CIPI) for the fourth quarter of 2024. The indices are generated from price data collected from a representative sample of outlets that trade in construction materials. The prices are collected quarterly and are referenced to the 15th day of the mid-month of the quarter.