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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Pyrethrum farmers will be some of the major beneficiaries under the US-Kenya trade partnership that seeks to increase the country\u2019s agricultural production.<\/p>\n

The deal will see more than 90,000 small-scale pyrethrum farmers contracted by US based company Kentegra Biotechnology Holding.<\/p>\n

This emerged during the Nakuru County Investment Round Table meeting in Naivasha where 20 companies showed interest in investing in the county.<\/p>\n

US Ambassador to the country Meg Whitman said the pyrethrum company is in the process of constructing a processing plant in Naivasha.<\/p>\n

Addressing journalists after the meeting, she said that the company was in the process of signing contracts with farmers in pyrethrum growing regions in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cNakuru County is one of the beneficiaries with around 9,000 farmers set to be contracted and each will hire around nine workers to harvest,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Whitman lauded the county’s commitment to agriculture saying the forgotten pyrethrum sector was a source of livelihood to many.<\/p>\n

She said US investors had shown interest in various sectors adding that this would create job and revenue opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome investors are keen to invest in this county and in the next six months they shall move in targeting various sectors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika said that the county would by the end of the year introduce single-permits for all investors and local traders.<\/p>\n

She said high taxation, multiple licenses and permits and double taxation had turned out to be a disincentive to investors.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraders have in the past complained over the issue of licenses and the county assembly will address this matter before going for recess,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kihika said the Naivasha Special Economic Zone would offer subsidised electricity to investors and that the park was currently enjoys water supply from the SGR station.<\/p>\n

She decried the high losses that potato farmers in the country currently incur due to post-harvest losses, middlemen and lack of storage facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have engaged an international company which will be buying directly from the farmers and offering them certified seeds so as to increase production,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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