Kenya’s new leather complex ready by December 2021
Kenya’s new industrial leather park in Machakos will be ready for use by end of this year, according to government officials.
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Project to clean up Nairobi river stalls
Led by the National Environment Management Authority (Nema), the programme has seen around 25 companies accused of directly discharging waste into Kenya’s Nairobi river being closed, including five tanneries.
Read More...Kenyan authorities intercept illegal shipment of hides and skins
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials are reported to have seized containers with 32 tonnes of hides and skins at the port of Mombasa on May 22.
Read More...Kenya’s footwear import duty still on hold
Seeking to promote growth in its domestic leather industry, the Kenyan government had raised the import duty on footwear from 25% to 35%, or US$10 per unit, whichever is higher, for its 2018-19 budget.
Read More...Kenya’s Government starts round of tannery visits
Following the directive by Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta, to increase the domestic production of footwear by boosting the leather industry, Government officials have started to visit the country’s tanneries.
Read More...Kenya plans to eliminate duty on hide imports
Aiming to increase its supply of raw materials to finished leather producers in the country, the tax exemption could be effective from mid-2018.
Read More...Kenya’s leather sector seeking to regain competitiveness
Kenya’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperation has announced a new strategy, which seeks provides a roadmap to guide the country’s leather sector in exploiting its full potential.
Read More...Phase two of Kenya’s new leather park
Kenya’s government has entered the second phase of the country’s first Leather Industrial Park and is currently studying the project for the construction of a common effluent treatment plant.
Read More...Manufacturing sector hurt by leather shortage
Kenya’s tanneries are operating below capacity and risk closure as the illegal trade of raw hides persists.
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