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Smuggling puts battery manufacturing industry at risk

Sector is facing a crisis due to lack of raw materials as a result of smuggling of lead into Uganda [Murage Wawewru, Standard]

The Kenyan battery manufacturing sector is facing a crisis due to lack of raw materials as a result of smuggling of lead into Uganda.

Industry players blame officials from the Ministry of Industrialisation for failing to act, even as the illegal business continues to thrive across the border.

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