Operations and the Kenya Breweries plant in Nairobi. [Photo/businessdaily]Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL) has said the construction of its Sh15 billion Kisumu Brewery is on course.

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According to the brewer production is expected to commence in 2018.

According to KBL Managing Director Jane Kariuki the new plant is expected to help farmers from the Nyanza region.

She said that sorghum farmers will be the main beneficiaries of the plant.

The plant, she said, would rely on sorghum among other raw materials sourced from locals. President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the ground-breaking in August.