Textile firms get the nod on minimum wage

Textile manufacturers in the Export processing Zone saw two of their demands met by finance minister David Mwiraria. They wanted the government to cut the cost of ding business by reducing the minimum wage which forms the largest component in the industry. At present, Kenya’s average cost for unskilled workers is Kes 3420 pm while that of competitor suppliers china and India is Kes 2660. by Daily Nation, June 13, 2005