NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 28 – The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and TradeMark Africa (TMA) have signed a two-year agreement that will see an extension of a financial grant to KAM. The grant is aimed at supporting KAMs advocacy work in the area of Non Tariff Barriers, Standards and Counterfeits. This is the second phase of TMAs partnership with KAM for creating a better business environment for the industry and to enhance the manufacturing sector competitiveness in the region. “TMA’s keenness to support KAM has carved out a productive space for advocacy and engagement with the necessary sections of the government,” KAM CEO Phyllis Wakiaga said. TMA Kenya Country Director Dr Chris Kiptoo said the partnership will also help in engagement with the relevant authorities in a bid to address the challenges identified in the first phase of this partnership. “We are looking into implementing advocacy campaigns especially related to Non-Tariff Barriers, Trade in Counterfeits, Anomalies in the Common External Tariff (CET) and access to trade and Market Information,” Kiptoo said. The first phase of the project focused on building and evidence base for advocacy in the key priority areas identified by KAM which include tax reforms in Kenya, cost of quality compliance, Domestic non-tariff barriers affecting industry in Kenya, Constitutional issues affecting business, overlapping regulatory roles and the severity of counterfeits. Wakiaga emphasized on the need for intervention in the areas manufacturers face challenges so as to ensure a competitive business environment is realised. “Our manufacturing sector has remained stagnant...
KAM signs 2 year funding pact with TMA
Posted on: September 29, 2015
Posted on: September 29, 2015