| dc.description.abstract | This paper analysis the refugee crisis in Kenya and evaluate its economic effects on the
Kenyan economy specifically on the textile industry .Lack of national laws on refugees
and failure of government direct involvement in handling of refugees, result to most of
the refugees finding their ways into the Kenyan urban sectors where they engage in
economic activities posing unfair competition to local business fraternity and eventually
crippling the textile industry .Most of these refugees are not accorded legal status and
socially integrated in Kenya, while the government hold no statistics to show the number
of refugees involved in business in Kenya and hence the state further losses on revenue
through unrealized taxes. This research will be based on data from secondary sources by
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review of research work, publications, journals, international bulletins and other material
from print and related electronic media. The study will also attempt to interview experts
and other specialized persons working with UNHCR here in Kenya. The paper focuses
more on the Somali refugees in Eastleigh Nairobi and their profound effects on the
Kenyan textile industry. Textile goods imported without taxation or duty into Somalia are
easily brought to Kenya and sold at the cheapest possible prices in Eastleigh,
undercutting many Kenyan competitors who do not have access to these networks.
Finally, the paper identifies recommendations on policy options that the country can take
in order to balance between her international duty of hosting and caring for the refugees
and solving the varied economical related problems specifically on the textile industry. | en |
