The history of cultivating cotton for fiber dates back to 3000 B.C. in Asian countries
like India. In Kenya, a private company introduced cotton in 1906 with the assistance
of the British Cotton Growing Association. However, these efforts to develop cotton
failed. In 1922, the Kenya Government made efforts to revive cotton growing in
places such as Nyanza and Western Provinces where two ginneries were built at
Asembo Bay and Malakisi.