The Tanners Association of Kenya has urged the state to come up with laws that will help the leather industry address issues hurting the growth of the sector.
Speaking to the press on Thursday at the Reddamac Leather Company, the association chairman Robert Nzioka said that the process of initiating the policies had begun in the past years but later stalled.
“Though the Kenya Leather Development Council had initiated the process of getting some policies, we are aware that the process later stalled and we today urge the state to help us finalize them,” he said.
He pointed pour key police that have to have been finalized to make the leather industry vibrant.
Industry complaints to KRA are not addressed in time and stocks are held at the port waiting for testing. The industry is incurring heavy storage charges while forced to stop operations until the chemicals are released,” said the Nzioka.