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Stalled tannery drives irate farmers into brokers’ arms

Sh 18 Million Mogotio tannery that has stalled as a result of funding. [Photo: Caroline Chebet]

An ambitious project started nine years ago to rescue livestock owners from the clutches of greedy brokers now lies in ruins.

A narrow overgrown path leads to the stalled tannery in Mogotio, Baringo, where an imposing but incomplete building and rusted machinery offers a clue that Sh18 million of taxpayers’ money was pumped into the facility.

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