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Sachen Gudka (left)
takes over from Flora
Mutahi (right) who
has completed her
term

KAM appoints Director of Skanem Interlabels as New Chair

Sachen Gudka and Mucai Kunyiha to head board of directors

Kenya Association of Manufacturers    the country. Similarly, advancing     region, through trade missions,
(KAM) has appointed Sachen            the KAM TVET program to build         are developed.“The success of the
Gudka as the new Chairman and         industry skills will be a key focus   Big 4 Pillars rest on a thriving
Mucai Kunyiha as the Vice Chair       area owing to its role in producing   manufacturing sector. It is therefore
to lead the organization for a two-   a highly qualified workforce who      important that we focus on the
year term. Mr Gudka, has been the     will employ their knowledge           promotion and nurturing of local
Vice Chair for the past two years,    towards developing internationally    industries, mainly by curtailing the
having served in the KAM Board as     competitive products for national     current import trend and focusing
a director for 7 years.               and global markets.                   on reducing our trade deficit as a
An internationally trained            ”The incoming Vice Chair Mucai        country.
Economist and Certified               Kunyiha is a Lawyer and the Group     The envisioned growth of 15%
accountant, Sachen brings to the      Managing Director of Kzanaka Ltd,     contribution to the GDP is possible
organization extensive financial      which includes Cooper K-Brands        only if we commit to this,’ said Mr
and investment management             Ltd, Analabs Ltd, Mashiara Park       Kunyiha.Mr Gudka takes over
proficiency, as well as a deep        and Qaribu Inn. Mr. Kunyiha has       from Flora Mutahi whose two year
knowledge on cutting edge             been serving on the KAM Board         tenure focused on the fight against
manufacturing trends from his         of Directors for five years and       illicit trade, providing linkages
current position as CEO of both       has in the past 5 months led the      and subcontracting opportunities
Skanem Interlabels and Rodwell        PET Sector in their endeavour         for SMEs, founding a Women in
Press Limited.                        to partner with Government and        Manufacturing caucus and the
Speaking at the KAM head office in    other stakeholders to manage          promotion of exports for economic
Nairobi, Mr Gudka said, ‘This is a    plastic bottle waste in the country.  growth. Ms Mutahi, who was
critical year for the manufacturing   Mr Kunyiha noted that addressing      recently appointed the Chair of
sector. We continue to inform         East African Community (EAC)          the Anti-Counterfeit Agency, will
critical policy development towards   matters, would be a key focus         remain an Ex-Officio member of
the realization of the Big 4 Agenda,  area, to ensure older markets         the board, playing an advisory
as well as inclusive and broad-       are sustained as plans to venture     role in directing the growth of the
based economic growth across          into newer markets in the             Association.

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