KEPSA CEO Ms Carole Kariuki held a meeting with Mr Ajay Sharma - East Africa General Manager at Kerry Kenya Limited and Ms Mabel Kibore - Kerry Kenya’s HR Business Partner - Greater Africa on 29^th September 2022. The meeting, which was held at the KEPSA offices, saw the parties discuss possible areas of collaboration between the two organizations.

During the meeting, Ms. Kariuki highlighted the several KEPSA projects that the organization is running to support women and the youth, in partnership with the Government and other development partners.

The KEPS CEO further said that the private sector apex body is collaborating with other stakeholders to address the main issues affecting businesses in the country. These include taxation, import and export regulations, land, and cost of resources such as energy & water.

On his part, Mr. Ajay mentioned that Kerry Kenya Limited, which is a nutritional Irish company, is keen on deepening their engagement through the KEPSA’s public-private dialogue (PPD) platform and collaborating with KEPSA to support talent nurturing through the Ajira Digital project.

Kerry is the global leader in the development of taste and nutrition solutions for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical markets. Its broad technology foundation, customer-centric business model, and industry-leading integrated solutions capability make Kerry the co-creation partner of choice. Kerry employs over 26,000 people globally, including over 1,000 food scientists, and its global presence extends across 148 manufacturing facilities in 32 countries.

Also present in the meeting was Ms. Stacy Mwende from the KEPSA Membership and Marketing department.