Eldoret has an international Airport which has been completed and commissiones and is an agriculture centre. Malindi is a coastal town. Subsistence food crops are maize, sorghum, wheat, cassava, beans and fruit. Soda ash and fluorspar are the principal mineral exports. Other resources include gold, silver, lead, limestone, salt and chromite, rubies, vermiculite, copper, iron ore, zinc, nickel, barite and cyanite.
Fisheries is another important sector.
Main activities are food processing, the manufacture of petroleum products, chemicals, cement, paper and paper products, beverages and tobacco, textiles and clothing, leather products, rubber products, metal products, ceramics, electrical, transport equipment, glass, vehicle assembly and construction materials. Kakamega - 331 followed by subscriber's telephone number. Facsimile services are available in Kenya. Telex facilities are available at most hotels and larger companies. The metric system is utilised.