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Kenya issues fresh plastic bags ban amid protests from manufacturers

Plastic bags strewn all over the Ngong Dump Site. About 100 million plastic bags are handed out every year in Kenya by supermarkets alone. [PHOTO: KIUNDU WAWERU/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: Being in possession of a plastic bag for whatever use could soon land you in trouble with the authorities.

This follows the announcement that the Government will beginning September ban the use of plastic bags.

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