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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