Industries Location Based on Raw materials and Government

(i) Raw materials
- Perishable agricultural raw materials like tea and fish processing usually attract industries near them.
- Raw materials that are too heavy and bulky to transport to the factory like sugar refining the site of production to reduce transport costs.
-Industries linkage like chemical industries at Mombasa make use of the waste products of oil refining
(ii) Government policy
- The government may want industries to be located in the rural areas to reduce rural-urban migration which rots rural areas of able bodied people leading to decrease in agricultural production.
- The government may also want to check, increasing congestion in already industrialized areas congestion make provision of services difficult.
- The government may want to encourage development in disadvantaged remote areas by requesting industries to locate there/industries may encourage the development of infrastructure as well as purchase of raw materials from the surrounding areas.
- The government may want to create more employment opportunities thereby raising the living standard of the people.
- The government may also have military strategic reason e.g locating industries far from areas which are far from potential enemies.
- The government have environmental consideration i.e locating industries far from populated areas due to pollution.