Three hawkers arrested for using banned plastic bags
By Njange Maina, February 18, 2020
Police and the National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA) officials have arrested three hawkers for using banned plastic bags.
The authorities arrested them in Nairobi on Monday while hawking fruits and sugarcane in banned polythene.
“Nema arrested three traders in Nairobi yesterday using banned plastic bags(sic),” read a statement from NEMA.
During the arrest, the officials also confiscated roughly 500 pieces of banned polythene.
Nema enacted the ban on polythene bags in 2017.
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Njange Maina is a journalist by profession with a degree in Journalism from the Multimedia University of Kenya. He is currently pursuing a micro-masters degree in Digital Branding and Marketing. He is interested in digital media, human interest stories, and business journalism.
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