Mucai Kunyiha, chair of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), discusses the effect of the pandemic on the manufacturing industry and outlines what needs to be done to help the sector return to ‘normal’
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, what are some of the biggest challenges that manufacturers have had to deal with?
Like many other businesses, Covid-19 has affected our members. Manufacturers saw a fall in demand for their products and services, faced cashflow constraints, suffered reduced output and experienced difficulties in the local sourcing or importation of raw materials. The impact was more severe for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We swiftly had to shift our
