The global economic recession has taken a huge toll on the local soapstone industry, with exports dropping by more than 20 per cent. Kisii Soapstone Art and Craft Managing Director Daniel Apepo says ...

The global economic recession has taken a huge toll on the local soapstone industry, with sales abroad dropping by more than 20 per cent. Kisii Soapstone Art and Craft Managing Director Daniel Apepo ...

For years, most soapstone carvers in Tabaka in South Mugirango constituency, Kisii County, have lived in abject poverty, despite the abundance of a natural resource which people the world over ...