# Savannah Clinker to build $300M cement clinker plant in Kitui, Kenya

Savannah Clinker Ltd has hired Sinoma International Engineering to build a Sh36.9 billion ($300 million) clinker and cement finishing plant in Kitui County, Kenya. The project will create 5,000 construction jobs and 10,000 permanent jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-01-03
- Where: Mwingi North, Kitui County, Kenya
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 10,000
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 8,000 tonnes per day clinker; 2,400 tonnes per day cement finishing
- Products: cement clinker, cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Savannah Clinker Limited](https://endata.com/companies/66997.md)
- [Sinoma International Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/21384.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [abdas.org](https://abdas.org/savannah-will-begin-building-a-sh36-9-billion-cement-clinker-factory-in-kitui/), 2023-01-03: "We will become the first plant in the region to achieve this within five years of initial clinker extraction, replacing fossil fuel-based power requirements with a combination of solar power and thermal recirculation."

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