The #Clinker Production Company at #Sebit limestone mines in #WestPokot county, Kipkomo Sub County along the Kapenguria-Lodwar Highway has been commissioned. The 45 billion manufacturing plant is owned by Cemtech Limited, formerly Simba Cement , a subsidiary of #Devki Group of Companies.
The plant, which is part of billionaire Narendra Raval’s investments is based in West Pokot County. #Cemtech Sebit Clinkerization factory, whose construction started in 2010, is set to produce 6,500 tonnes of clinker every day translating to about two million tonnes per year.
This plant will export clinker worth $200 million every year to #Uganda and #Tanzania. Our capacity here is 6 million tonnes of clinker and we will push that to 12 million tonnes after we set up the Kitui plant.
The demand for clinker, a key component in cement production is a big challenge in #EastAfrica. In 2020, #Kenya was grappling with a shortfall of 3.3 million tonnes of clinker. At the time, cement firms in Kenya operated at only 65 percent of their installed capacity, producing 3.8 million tonnes of clinker against a demand of 5.3 million tonnes.
This shortfall necessitated heavy reliance on imports, with 59 percent of the deficit being imported from #Egypt duty-free under the #Comesa agreement.
Kenya’s clinker woes are further compounded by the move to increase import duty on clinker, aiming to encourage local production potentially sparking a 15 percent increase in both locally producer and imported clinker.
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