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Is the Kenyan tanning industry integral to prioritized environmental sustainability targets set in the quest to industrialization by 2020?

Abstract The tanning and leather goods manufacturing industries have witnessed a considerable shift in their location to developing countries, where production costs are lower and environmental regulations less stringent. The tanning industry generally involves processes closely linked to pollution in various ecosystems, and the industry is currently inadequately regulated under the various environmental policies and legal framework in Kenya. Examination of Kenyan tannery contaminants on final effluent reveals that all the parameters measured exceeded permitted levels. Consequently, three crucial issues are highlighted; first, the leather sector, irrespective of its economic potential in Kenya, is still an environmental hazard due to the unabated discharge of effluent that has contaminants well above the stipulated levels in the developed world's regulatory standards. Second, there are inadequacies in the existing statutory instruments to facilitate the regulatory standards in the tanning sector to manage the industry well even though a major policy (currently lacking vital environmental sustainable targets) is in place on Kenya's route to industrialization by the year 2020. Third, the safe application of biotechnology will help to address the issues on environmental protection and also on food security, human health and ultimately the alleviation of poverty in Kenya.