Sawmillers lobby seeks fair tendering
Small sawmillers have formed an association to enable them push for fair awarding of logging tenders in gazetted forests by the Kenya Forest Service.
The Timber Traders Association, made up of members who have decamped from the chief Timber Manufacturers Association, targets to register more than 1,000 members across the country.
Kenya to create one million jobs annually by 2016
Dr Songa says the jobs will be created mainly in the leather, agro-processing, furniture, metal fabrication and other trades in the informal sector adding that the Ministry is currently laying the foundation to support this, which should be achieved by the year 2016.
Burnley charity - Furniture for Education Worldwide - raises more than ÂŁ15k in a single evening
A BURNLEY charity has raised more than ÂŁ15,000 in a single evening to send furniture to some of the most impoverished schools across the globe.
Furniture for Education Worldwide (FEW) was held the event at the Dunkenalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, which was attended by more than 300 of Lancashire’s business movers and shakers.
Global hotel chains invest millions in Kenya’s hospitality industry
Hotel brands such as Kempinski, Emaar, Radisson Blu, Marriot, Park Inn Hilton and Lonrho have plans in place to construct hotels in Nairobi as Kenya positions itself as the financial, travel, and business hub of the East and Central African region.
Analysts have said that this is an indication of confidence in the growing hospitality sector in Kenya as international investors seek a slice of the action.
“It is a very good thing to the industry. As a country, we are in a position to attract foreign direct investments,” said Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers CEO Mike Macharia, during the recent Africa Hotel Investment Forum held in Nairobi.
