Scrap metal dealers protest new regulations

Scrap metal dealers in the country protest outside Ministry of Trade offices at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) building in Nairobi on April 12 2022. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Scrap metal dealers are protesting the new requirements imposed on them by the government.

Despite the government’s move that saw the ban imposed on scrap metal early this year lifted, the doors of scrap metal dealers remain closed, especially Jua kali dealers who decry the hefty fee imposed on them.