Nairobi, Feb. 9 -- Parliament has shot down a proposal by the Ministry of Trade and Industrialisation to move Rivatex from Eldoret to Naivasha.

The National Assembly's committee on Trade and Industry told the Industry Principal Secretary Juma Mukhwana to drop the idea as leaders from the North Rift region will not accept the apparel manufacturing company to be moved to the Naivasha Special Economic Zone.

Dr Mukhwana told the committee chaired by James Gakuya that there are plans by the ministry to transfer the Eldoret-based Rivatex to Naivasha.

The committee vice chairperson Maryanne Keitany led other MPs in rejecting the proposal arguing the move will hurt the local community which depends on the apparel firm for jobs.

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