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How State House phone call transformed textile firm into a PPE giant

Mr Jaswinder Bedi.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Angela Oketch

Content Lead Health and Science

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Bedi Investments, a fabric manufacturer in Nakuru County, quickly repurposed its lines to produce Personal Protective Equipment .
  •  In 2008, the company’s export line grew exponentially and it was exporting 100,000 pairs of trousers per month to a US-based company.  

As soon as Kenya reported its first case of the Covid-19 disease in March, one company saw an opportunity in the danger.

Bedi Investments, a fabric manufacturer in Nakuru County, quickly repurposed its lines to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

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