Abstract:
The study was set to determine and analyze the factors that affect the growth of tailoring and dressmaking
enterprises in Eldoret. The tailoring and dressmaking enterprises studied were appraised with respect to the
characteristics of the owner managers and their enterprises. It revealed that most of the tailoring and
dressmaking enterprises were in disengagement stage either not growing or having a slight growth. Inadequacy
of availability of finances, poor business management skills, poor marketing and entrepreneurial attribute of the
owner managers were found to be statistically significant in determining growth of these enterprises. The study
recommends that the Government, other business support organizations and stakeholders should team up and
develop training programmes aimed at providing management skills to the owner-managers of these enterprises,
and help avail financial assistance which could be channeled through SME associations or groups that need to be
formed to champion their common cause.
