Planned Machakos leather park inches closer to reality

Factory attendants at a tannery verify the quality of hides at the receiving point. The Leather Industrial Park in Machakos will host tanneries and value addition facilities. PHOTO | FILE

The government says it has received 10 applications from investors interested in setting up factories and tanneries at the proposed 500-acre Leather Industrial Park (LIP) at Kinanie in Machakos County.

Speaking at a stakeholders briefing Wednesday, Principal Secretary Dr Julius Korir said that they were currently being processed before those shortlisted are allocated parcels of land for construction of factories at the multi-billion shilling park.

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