Kenya to handle livestock better
07/07/2008
A new World Bank-sponsored survey has recommended the establishment of a wholesale leather market for Kenya to give leather and leathergoods made in the African country easier exposure to the world market.
The report suggested that a lack of training in the handling of hides and skin had resulted in the production of poor quality Kenyan leather.
Assistant for agriculture, Ndiritu Muirithi, explained that the government had a strategy for improving hide quality. He said: “The government, under a plan called Vision 2030, has identified livestock development as a key activity.”
According to the survey Kenya’s hides and skins, in addition to having defects resulting from handling during slaughter, measure an average of 25 feet, compared to 40 feet for those from the US.
In 2007, Kenya earned $2.2 million from the export of 2.6 million cattle hides, 3.9 million goat skins, 2.5 million sheep skins and 65,000 camel skins.
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