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Hides and skins worth Sh2b going to the dogs

By Kenneth Kwama

Thousands of tonnes of hides and skins whose market value is estimated at about Sh1.2 billion is either rotting away in export stores or literally- going to the dogs, as disgruntled producers hold on to their stocks following price disagreements with local tanners and a protracted standoff over taxation.

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