Bamburi Cement has signed a KSh32 billion (US$250 million) EPC contract with China’s Sinoma CBMI to build a 1.6 million-tonne-per-year clinker plant in Matuga, Kwale County, marking one of the company’s largest industrial investments in recent years.
The new plant will more than double Bamburi’s clinker capacity and significantly expand cement production, reducing reliance on imported clinker, saving foreign exchange, and stabilising domestic cement supply as Kenya ramps up major infrastructure projects.
The project aligns with the government’s KSh5 trillion national development roadmap, supports local manufacturing, and will create jobs while incorporating low-carbon, energy-efficient technologies to cut emissions and enhance sustainability.