The Nasewa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which hosts a county aggregation complex and an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) facility, and whose construction is ongoing, promises to transform Busia County.
The ambitious Government project is expected to create hundreds of job opportunities and boost the economy of the county.
Construction works on the EPZ facility are nearing completion, with workers doing final touches.
Similarly, construction works at the county aggregation centre are at about 70 percent, and are expected to be completed in May 2025.
The Director of Industry at Busia County Government, Mr Hudson Sireka, said the facility will boost value addition in key agricultural sectors, benefiting over 10,000 people across the region.
The official said the agro-processing hub mainly targets rice, soya, sunflower, cassava, groundnuts and cotton value chains.
Once completed, the facility will provide farmers with a reliable market, enhance productivity and boost incomes in the border county, where farming is the economic mainstay.
Residents are looking forward to better times as the promise of job creation and improved livelihoods becomes evident.
The Government targets to construct the industrial parks in every county, with the Busia facility, which was the first to be launched, setting the pace as part of its Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

Ongoing construction work at the Nasewa County Aggregation and Industrial Park in Busia. The park and the EPZ facility make the region’s Special Economic Zone.