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President William Ruto during the signing of a Tripartite Deed of Agreement for the development of the zone between County Government of Mombasa, Mombasa Free Zone Ltd and DP World on September 8, 2026. [PCS]
President William Ruto has challenged developers of the Mombasa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to move from signing agreements to building factories, creating jobs and producing goods for local, regional and global markets.
Ruto said the SEZ must help Kenya break from a pattern of exporting raw materials and importing finished products at higher prices.
“For too long, Kenya and Africa have exported raw and minimally processed commodities, only to import them later as expensive finished products,” he said.
