Turkey eyes fertiliser business in Kenya
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
NAIROBI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua): A Turkish manufacturing company is planning to visit Kenya to conduct a feasibility study on the viability of setting up a fertiliser manufacturing plant.
Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka made the remarks in a statement recently after holding talks with leading Turkish industrialist Ahmet Calik and impressed on him the urgent need to set up fertiliser and textile manufacturing plants in Kenya.
The industrialist runs multi-billion operations in 18 countries, employing over 20,000 workers in oil refineries, oil pipelines, mining, banking, construction, media, textile and leather products manufacturing has agreed to invest in Kenya.
"We will set up our regional offices in Nairobi soon to run our activities in East and Central Africa," said Calik after meeting Kenyan Vice President Musyoka.
"No country can modernize its agriculture and make it profitable without manufacturing its own fertilizer. The cost of importing fertiliser is simply prohibitive," said he.
He proposed the immediate establishment of a Kenya-Turkey Business Council, saying that Turkey has joint business councils with over 50 countries across the world.
Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka made the remarks in a statement recently after holding talks with leading Turkish industrialist Ahmet Calik and impressed on him the urgent need to set up fertiliser and textile manufacturing plants in Kenya.
The industrialist runs multi-billion operations in 18 countries, employing over 20,000 workers in oil refineries, oil pipelines, mining, banking, construction, media, textile and leather products manufacturing has agreed to invest in Kenya.
"We will set up our regional offices in Nairobi soon to run our activities in East and Central Africa," said Calik after meeting Kenyan Vice President Musyoka.
"No country can modernize its agriculture and make it profitable without manufacturing its own fertilizer. The cost of importing fertiliser is simply prohibitive," said he.
He proposed the immediate establishment of a Kenya-Turkey Business Council, saying that Turkey has joint business councils with over 50 countries across the world.