Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry Lee Kinyanjui has announced the signing of a Ksh 5 billion ($39 million) lease agreement to operationalise the Kenanie Leather Industrial Park in Machakos County.
The deal, signed on August 7 by the Kenya Leather Development Council (KLDC) and the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA), ends a decade-long delay in activating the 500-acre facility, which is equipped with tanneries, manufacturing warehouses, serviced plots, utilities, ICT systems and a common effluent treatment plant.
KLDC Board Chair Mohammed Adan, CEO Dr Issack Noor, EPZA Board Chairperson and CEOs Richard Cheruiyot and Richard Omelu signed on behalf of the two organisations.
According to the ministry, 36 investors are already lined up to take space in the park’s tanneries and warehouses. Once fully operational, the facility is expected to produce up to 10 million pairs of shoes per year, create more than 100,000 jobs, up from the current 17,000, and boost livestock farmers’ earnings.
Mr Kinyanjui said the move would stimulate local production, cut import costs and open up new export opportunities. He also urged the KLDC to work with slaughterhouses to improve hide and skin quality and reduce reliance on imports.
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