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Pastoralist MPs want state to ban export of unprocessed leather

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Karori Mewangi, director Eldoret tanners (left) and his workers sort out skins and hides before disposing them for markets in and outside the country. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The Pastoralists Parliamentary Group has called for ban on export of unprocessed leather and the importation of leather products in the country.

The group noted that the leather sector, which had been neglected for years, had the potential to support the pastoralists and earn the country billions of shillings annually.

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