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Second hand clothes on display at Gikomba market in Nairobi. The East African Community plans to ban importation of such clothes in an effort to revive local textile industries. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/standard]
East African Community (EAC) member states have agreed to start a process to impose a ban on second hand clothes.
The development came on a day when South Sudan was admitted to the region’s bloc.
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