Kinanie Leather Park In Athi River

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Kinanie Leather Park is the first Government-led industrial development zone since 1992, when the EPZs were set up. The 500-acre Kinanie Leather Park is aimed at encouraging value addition & innovation towards unlocking potential of the leather sector. Currently, 90% of Kenya’s leather exports equivalent to $94 million is comprised of unfinished wet blue leather. Further processing of leather and leather goods will create an additional 35,000 jobs while contributing $150-250 million to Kenya’s GDP. Opportunities in the leather value chain exist for footwear manufacturers, tanneries, packaging and logistics companies, including SMEs. Potential investors interested in Kinanie Leather park can access and fill the application form from

http://www.kenyaleatherpark.go.ke

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Kinanie Park provides investors with tax benefits, affordable labor & electricity as well as integrated amenities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzPs8nsqmrs

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It’s literally in the middle of nowhere.

  1. How will they transport stuff to & from? Trucks?
  2. How many direct jobs? The residential part of the park looks like it will hold less than 500 families
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    Any more info? Figures. Details of built up square metres, consultants?.
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Tannery are renowned for their bad smell and that is why Nema forced them away from residential areas. When fully operational it will employ 35,000 workers while contribute $250 million annually to the economy. It will also increase profits to all livestock farmers across the country.

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35,000 jobs ? I’ll believe it when I see it.

That is hardly “middle of nowhere”. That this is practically in Nairobi.

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[SIZE=6]Plans for a 17b leather Park in the offing: Government says[/SIZE]

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The Kenyan Government has announced plans to establish a world class leather industrial park in Kinanie, Athi-river to create competitiveness in the sector.

The Park will be funded fully by the private sector at an estimated cost of KES 17 billion with Government providing land and necessary infrastructure.

Speaking during a press conference held at the Ministry of Industrialization Offices, Adan Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization and Enterprises Development pointed out that Kenya has sufficient raw materials to sustain the project, whose aim is to foster value addition initiatives. “As a country, we have abundant supply of raw hides and skins and the Ministry has embarked on plans to establish a world class industrial city in Kenanie Athi-river, to move the country from an exporter of raw and semi-processed hides and skins to finished leather goods.” He said.

The industrial park intended to occupy 500 acres of land will house tanneries, a training centre, Common manufacturing facilities, chemical storage and distribution units, leather goods accessories units and a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP).

The first Phase of the project targets 15 tanneries, each with production capacity of 10 tonnes of hides and skins per day and 10,000 pairs per day each of shoes, handbags, leather garments and industrial gloves.

This step is seen as a milestone in the leather sector which is faced by a myriad challenges that have inhibited penetration of the country’s products to the world market. The lack of competitiveness by Kenyan leather products has hit the country bad, denying it the much needed revenue and jobs for her people. Weak policy framework, inadequate skilled manpower to facilitate production of quality products, amongst other challenges continues to suffocate the sector’s growth. This has created a window for prosperity by the country’s neighbours such as Ethiopia that has capitalized on her Government’s subsidies to tap the export market.

Establishment of the leather industrial park will therefore play a pertinent role to increase the competitiveness in the sector by plowing in modernization, industrial decentralization, ecological preservation and natural consumption of energy and water resources. Further, it will promote research and technological development to enable the country’s sector keep abreast with the changing market trends and consumer preferences.

http://www.leathercouncil.go.ke/?p=891

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Government says many things,remember Konza?

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Konza is a lesson to everyone on how not to build a city. For the start it was corrupt, from the land company directors signing off the sale at gunpoint in karura forest, from the court cases that are currently ongoing. The setting up of Konza started even before the necessary instruments i.e establishment of the authority to give it legal binding entity. For the first 4 years all Konza projects plans were build by various government ministries because legally it didn’t exist. On paper yes as a proposal despite President Kibaki launching it. Konza authority was finally established 3 years ago after parliament approved the bill. Finally the numerous budget allocations could now be withdrawn after setting up the management team. Finally the land was demarcated, fenced, and surrounding lands regulated by Konza authority. Boreholes were done, water projects launched and the access roads tenders awarded. The US management consultant was finally paid 3 years after they were picked. The 70MW power substation is complete and finally the first building is coming up and incidentally its for Konza authority. Others are in different stages of either design or approvals to build.

Kenanie lether Park learnt from all that and that is why its being launched now not 3 years ago when all the necessary regulatory obligations, consultations and approvals has been done. The basic infrastructure including the roads, water and power are ongoing.

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Kindly share this story. I must have missed it.

The leather park looks like a well though and planned out project. I’d be interested at the list of consultants and timelines to see how it goes.

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Former Malili Ranch director Peter Mutua Kanyi

A former chairman of the Malili Ranch Limited has sensationally claimed that he was threatened by Machakos Senator Johnsone Muthama into committing fraud at Karura forest. Peter Munya Kanyi claims that he, alongside another director Julius Kilonzo were taken to Karura forest by Law Society of Kenya chairman Eric Mutua where they met Muthama.

“We found Hon. Johnstone Muthama, Hon. Gideon Ndambuki, Hon Philip Kaloki and someone we did not identify in the forest. There were armed men nearby,” Kanyi said in the statement.

The CID has recommended the prosecution of Muthama, Mutua, Kanyi, Kalonzo and lawyers Alphonse Munene Mutinda and Kamotho Waiganjo over the allegedly fraudulent sale of Malili Ranch land for Konza city. In 2009 the government bought the 5,000 acres for Sh1 billion to build the Konza Techno City. Kanyi claims in his statement that they were threatened to sign a resolution that reduced the amount of money shareholders were getting from the sale. “Immediately, thereafter the other four directors of Malili Ranch joined us. Hon. Muthama said he had done some calculations and the money could not be paid at Sh1.4 million and could only be paid as Sh1.1 million per person,” Kanyi said. Kanyi added that they were confused because they did not understand Muthama’s role in the deal as it was between the Government and Malili Ranch. He added that Muthama was not a shareholder of the Ranch nor a partner. Kanyi said that Muthama told them that the other four directors had signed the resolutions and they were demanding for the consent of the two of them so as to make it legal. "We told him, we would rather resign. He said “you cannot resign,” Kanyi said.
“We felt our lives were in danger in the forest and were scared we might not walk out alive and so agreed to sign that members be paid Sh1.1 million,” Kanyi said.

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THE CID wants Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama charged over the allegedly fraudulent sale of Malili Ranch land for Konza city. The Criminal Investigation Department also wants former Information Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo charged for abuse of office along with Lands Secretary Zablon Mabea and James Waweru, formerly of the Attorney General’s office. In 2009 government bought the 5,000 acres for Sh1 billion to build the Konza Techno City. The police want Muthama and five others prosecuted for fraud, obtaining money by false pretence, making a document without authority, and stealing. The other five are Commission for Implementation of the Constitution commissioner Kamotho Waiganjo; Law Society of Kenya Chairman Eric Kyalo Mutua; Peter Mutua Kanyi and Julius Kilonzo, former chairman and secretary of the Malili Ranch Limited respectively; and lawyer Alphonse Munene Mutinda.

“I have nothing to fear because I am not a criminal. Only criminals should fear," Muthama told the Star in an interview when he appeared at CID.

Ndemo has previously maintained that the deal was above board saying that the land was bought through competitive bidding.

“The Cabinet had authorised us to buy 10,000 acres but following valuation by the Ministry of Lands that put the price per acre at Sh200,000 we settled for 5,000 acres which were purchased through a competitive tender,” he said.

The CID wrote to Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko on April 22 asking for direction on the matter.

“Investigations carried out have established that transaction was not above board as it was shrouded by fraud and due diligence was not exercised by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication when the whole process was being undertaken,” the CID wrote to Tobiko.

According to the CID, three Malili directors offered the land for sale without the consent of the shareholders and were the key beneficiaries. They say Kilonzo received Sh87.3 million, Kanyi received Sh83.9 million while Josiah Manuki received Sh28 million. Mutua was the “mastermind the whole scam” according to the police and could not account for Sh14.5 million in his account and various other payments. Mutua “irregularly paid Sh147.6 million for plots that were not inside LR. NO. 9118/3 that was amalgamated and sold to the government,” the letter to the DPP said. Muthama is accused of holding a special AGM on November 29, 2009 where Kamotho Waiganjo replaced Mutua as the lawyer. Muthama allegedly initiated the changes at Malili Ranch so that its officials “could heed to his instructions.”

“While using the opportunity of new office bearers Mr Eric Mutua and Hon. Muthama spearheaded preparations of several false minutes of a board of directors which were all signed December 14, 2009,” said the CID.

"The forged resolutions ", according to the CID, “were prepared in advance and directors forced to sign all of them at the home of Hon Johnston Muthama under duress.”

The four Mailili directors told police that they “were kept in the dark earlier about the sale” and “were not party to the sale transaction.” The CID said that Ndemo abused his office by representing a letter offer to Malili Ranch before the search at the Registrar of Lands had been conducted. They also accused the former PS of disregarding the instructions of the Solicitor General for the draft sale agreement and the percentage of money to be paid in advance. In May, 66 former shareholders complained to the CID that they had not been paid after the government took possession of Malili. The land was bought for Sh1 billion but the initial deposit was Sh400 million, more than the normal 10 percent. Construction of Konza Techno City will cost Sh1.2 trillion and started last December. The technopolis will host business outsourcing, a science park, a convention centre, shopping malls, hotels, international schools, and health facilities. It is a key driver of Vision 2030 and President Mwai Kibaki broke the ground on January 23, 2013.

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Now turning to the tannery, who was the previous owner of the land where it sits? A senior retired politician is all smiles.

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Na huyu @spear anakuaga encyclopedia ya gava ama?

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He…he encyclopedia, that a new one to join the other names i have been called already.

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Bwana mkuki, did you type all that or you copy pasted? Anyway you clearly have some insider information so all I can do is wait and see.
ION who can I see to get a clearing and forwarding tender in government , SGR I know ishaenda na Landmark (kabogo,mwau cartel)

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Boss that is in the big league, i don’t even get that close.

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Kenya plans to construct a 500 hectares leather industrial park hosting tanneries and value addition facilities at Kinanie in Machakos County.
Small leather firms assured of work sites. The Ministry of Industrialization has given the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) the go-ahead to build the park in Athi River, 35 kilometres from Nairobi and 17km off the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The country’s leather sector generates Ksh10 billion ($100 million) annually and is projected to earn 10 times more by exporting more finished products than the current wet blue (semi-processed) leather. There are 14 active tanneries in the country with a capacity of processing 2.28 million hides and 18.6 million skins. Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed said the leather industrial park at Kinanie is one way to address the trade deficit and raise exports by about $1 billion. The master plan proposes phased development of 36 tanneries on 1ha plots, complemented by eight leather value addition parks. The initial phase will target 20 tanneries, each with a production capacity of about 10 tonnes of raw hides and skins daily, and an output of 10,000 pairs of shoes, hand bags, leather garments and industrial gloves. Kenya, through the EPZA, will invest about Ksh7 billion ($70 million) in the leather industrial park, which will have a common tannery effluent pre-treatment plant, serviced plots, electricity and roads. A tannery requires huge amounts of water, power and an effluent treatment plant. This hinders many firms from venturing in value addition, resulting into about 90 per cent of skins and hides being exported as raw or semi-processed.

Infrastructure
This includes: Paved roads covering an entire length of about 5Kms; 5Km Sewer line;
5Kms Street Lighting with 35M spacing between poles; a proposed power substation;
Water boreholes in different areas within the zone; Storm Water drains, culverts; and
Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP).

ii) Tanneries(200,000 m2)
Establishment of tanneries will be done in 2 phases: 20 Tanneries in Phase 1 and 16
Tanneries in phase 2. Each tannery will be on 1 ha plot.

iii) Value Addition Parks (60,000 m2)
The development of Value addition Park proposes 8
leather value addition centers each sitting on 1ha plot in Phase 1 and ten (10) leather
value addition centers in Phase 2. The value addition park is aimed at using the
finished leather to add value to finished products.

iv) SME Park (15,000m2)
The park will house value addition activities and will target the small micro enterprises
dealing with Leather products. Most of the products here will be targeting the
domestic market. Sheds within this development will range from 350M squared to a
maximum of 750M squared

v) Trade Centre – (8500 m2)
This will house activities that promote trade and development of the leather industry
business. It will consist of: Conference facilities (1000 Pax Capacity); Exhibition Floors
for the (space of approximately 1500m2); Shopping complex for leather productsshoes,
belts, bags (1500 m2); Offices for institutions; Common facilities- toilets,
restaurants, etc.

vi) Research and Development Centre ( 5,000 m2)
The center will have several departments promoting development of leather industry
mainly in quality control in processing and production of quality skins and hides
together with leather industry information dissemination.

vii) Administration Centre (2500m2)
This will house the regional management offices for
Regional Manager for the zone
Managers for Support services
Manager for Utilities

viii) Logistics and Customs Offices (3000 m2)
This will house government regulatory authorities and other organizations facilitating the
free outward of movement of goods and raw materials: KRA Offices, Clearing and
forwarding Agencies, KEBS Offices and Weights and Measures Department.

ix) Housing estate: (20,000 m2)
The park will partly cater for the accommodations needs for all level workers in Phase
1 and Phase 2. The proposed housing typologies include:
4 Bedroom executive Apartments- 10 No. of Blocks each with 8 Units
3 bedroom Apartments – 10 No. of Blocks each with 8 Units
2 Bedroom Apartments – 10 No. of Blocks each with 16 no. of Units
1 Bedroom Apartments - 10 no. of Blocks each with 32 No. of Units
Bedsitters Apartments – 10 No. of Blocks each with 64 No. of Units
Green open spaces for children‘s play areas, a kindergarten school, and 3000 M 2
shopping and commercial Centre to cater for the residents.

x) Utilities and Services ( 600 m2)
This will house the power plant, the workshops, the water offices, Power offices,
estates department among others.

xi) Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and Landfill
Effluent treatment from the tanneries as well as recycling of such waste will take place
in the CETP while the landfill will handle solid waste from both the tanneries and the
rest of the land uses.

These were the ongoing road works and ground breaking in March 2016
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The Government is SPENDING KES 17 billion ($167,601,300) to refine leather that will contribute $150-250 million to Kenya’s GDP. The heading should be GoK spends $167,601,300 to refine leather and earn (Exagerrated Government Estimate) $150-250,000,000. This reporter is NOT a REAL JOURNALIST. Kazi nikuCopy+C alafu Copy+V. Ama mimi sijui Mao

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Heheee hio ni big league kabisa. I know a guy who got one na ni ile alifika kwa gate ya state house siku za Obama. That close to nail the deal. Dude is a billionaire sasa

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Landmark the contractor ama there is another Landmark? http://lhl.co.ke/

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Not this one, there is another one for clearing and forwarding. Ilifanya mpaka Kamau (CS) aende home