How Kenya can carve out bigger share of global leather market Friday January 29 2021 By JAMES KARIUKI Beatrice Mwasi, secretary-general of Leather Apex Society of Kenya, spoke to the Business Daily about what the umbrella industry lobby and other players are doing to increase the country’s share of the global market for leather. The Kenyan market has accommodated footwear and bags branded as ‘genuine leather’ whose buyers end up disappointed due to their short lifespan. How has this adversely affected the leather subsector value chain? It displaces legitimate business activity where leather product makers lose their market while consumers get substandard products. Counterfeiting leads to loss of potential tax revenue and loss of employment.