Kenya: President William Ruto has ruled out repealing a levy on importing clinker. This contradicts a previous statement preparing to relax the tax made by a trade minister on the matter, according to the Business Daily newspaper. Ruto noted that his country has enough limestone and other raw materials to produce cement locally.
Ruto made the comments at a signing ceremony between Bamburi Cement and Sinoma CBMI to build a new 1.6Mt/yr clinker grinding plant in Matuga, Kwale County. In October 2025, Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui said the government would petition the Kenyan Parliament to repeal the 17.5% export and investment promotion levy on clinker and steel, noting that it had had unintended effects on companies in these sectors.
