Manufacturers vow to fight ban on plastic bags

A man walks with a polythene bag carrying his goods between the buses along Nairobi's Kenyatta avenue.Kenya's government has announced it will ban the manufacture and import of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging. PHOTO/ELVIS OGINA (NAIROBI) MARCH 15TH,2017

Manufacturers have vowed to use all means to ensure that the Government’s ban on plastic bags does not take effect in September.

Through the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), they have faulted the Government for not clarifying whether the ban will affect carrier bags only or also the use of plastic bags in industrial packaging.