The government plans to create up to 100,000 jobs in the leather sector, positioning it as a key industrial boost to the country’s exports as it targets Sh120 billion in revenue.

The construction of 10 manufacturing facilities, completion of the Kenya Leather Industrial Park, and setting up tanneries are some of the strategies the government seeks to employ.

The tanneries are to be set up in the counties of Isiolo, Uasin Gishu, and Mombasa. Leather and leather products are some of the key value chains under the Bottom-up Economic Transformational Agenda (BETA).