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Tanners Association chairman hoping to reinvigorate Kenya's leather industry

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Tertiary institutions across the country have been urged to generate an adequate number of skilled leather professionals and graduates to address the current deficit.

Speaking at the Technical University of Kenya, Rober Njoka, the Chairman of the Kenya Tanners Association, said the country has had to import labour from India to operate the machinery due to the scarcity of skilled professionals.

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