The parliament of Kenya’s Trade and Cooperative Committee has rejected a proposal by the State Department of Industry to move RIVATEX Ltd from Eldoret town in Uasin Gishu County to Naivasha.
The committee has, however, proposed to the State Department of Industry to work towards establishing a branch of the textile company in Naivasha as part of its expansion programme.
“Your proposal to move RIVATEX to Naivasha is unacceptable. We want to see proposals by the department on expansion of the company and open its branch in Naivasha and other towns”, said the committee vice Chair, Hon. Marianne Kitanny.
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Dr. Mukhwana Eusebius, the PS for State Department for Industry who was representing the CS, Investment, Trade and Industry while appearing before the Committee on Wednesday, tabled a proposal to move RIVATEX from Eldoret to Naivasha.
On rejection of the proposal by the committee, Dr. Eusebius committed to presenting the committee’s concerns to the CS for consideration and action.
Notably, the three state departments have faced budget cuts, a move that the PS for Investment Promotion, Mr. Abubakar Hassan, said will likely cripple the attainment of the targets given.
The committee was informed that the proposed budget cuts, for instance, in the state department of Trade, will hurt the Bi-Lateral and Multilateral engagements, ongoing Kenya – UK, Kenya-USA negotiations, Korea, UAE, Commercial representation in Foreign, Missions among others.
The PS for the State Department of Investment Promotion appealed to the Trade Committee to consider allocations for the Special Economic Zone, which has no allocation and Export Processing Zone, with budgetary cuts.
While chairing the Supplementary Budget Estimates meeting, the Committee Chair, Hon. James Mwangi Gakuya urged the State Department’s presence to ensure that government-owned industries flourish like privately owned ones to create more returns in profits.
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