Ambitious Sh17b leather city could be a game-changer

Kenya: Last week, Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohammed announced that the government will establish a Sh17 billion leather city on a 500-acre piece of land in Kinanie, Athi River in Machakos County. This could, and should, be a game-changer not just for the leather sub-sector but in the way the country does business.

The initiative gives credence to the view that the government is listening to the voices of industry and level-headed economists because it has chosen to limit its role to creating an enabling environment while leaving the private sector to do what they do best—running business successfully.