History

20^th June 1988: Footwear plant formerly opened by Mrs. Maniben Nemchand Shah. 

20^th December 1991: The extension to the western administration Block “A” was opened by Mrs. Ratanean Lalji Gosar Shah.

20^th December 1991: Confectionary plant officially commissioned by Mrs. Ratanean Lalji Gosar Shah.

1994: The first standby power generator system was installed and commissioned.

20^th December 1997: EVA and rubber Plants officially commissioned by Mr. Velji Punja Shah.

15^th May 1998: The northern administration Block “B” (Head Quarters) officially opened by Mrs. Chandramani Velji Shah.

4^th June 2005: The new Kenafric confectionery complex, including silos, warehouse & a generator that is able to run all the machinery in case of power failure was opened by Mr. Bharat Shah.

2007: Kenafric became an ISO and HACCP Certified company.

2007: Kaizen was adapted as a management tool to ensure sustenance of international standards (ISO 9001 & HACCP) with continual improvement in operations efficiency and elimination of waste.

26^th September 2008: The Kenafric strategy team launched the strategy for the next 5 years up to 2013 to take us to the next level of being great.

2009 Obama bubblegum was launched in the market among many other products that became very successful.

July 2009: We acquired the famous OYO brand from CGB Foods Ltd.

October 2009: Agro waste fired steam boiler was commissioned to ensure green operations.

July 2010: Stationary division was commissioned.

2011: Chicklet gum line was started and became an instant success.

2012: Became the only organization to win the prestigious energy management award three times in a row.

October 2012: Launched a Kshs 1 billion Confectionery machine which was commissioned by HON; Henry Kosgei Minister for Industrialization.