Government sets aside KSH.6b for pharmaceutical investment

The government through its investment arm the Kenya development corporation say it has set aside 6 billion shillings to be invested in the Pharmeceutical sector in the country. Speaking to pharmaceutical stakeholders, the cabinet secretary for investment trade and industry, lee Kinyanjui, pointed at the 1 trillion trade defifcit betweent Kenya and India noting that over 70 percent of the deficit comes from Kenyas import of pharmaceutical products from India.