The leather business in Kenya is wide and varied. To help you understand better we have divided the business into several market segments, which we analyze independently in different guides. This particular guide which is the first in the series quickly looks at the buying and selling of skins. This is more like a broker: buying from aggregators, and selling to tanneries. Aggregators here mean traders who buy skins from individuals who slaughter animals either on a private or commercial level. The aggregator then collects and put them in a central place say a warehouse or a store of sorts for onward sale to other traders nay brokers who then sell to the tanneries.