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Players in the plastic industry have received a reprieve after a House team recommended the suspension of a gazette notice banning the manufacture and use of bags made from the material.
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) had petitioned MPs to reverse the decision by Environment Cabinet Secretary Judi Wakhungu issued through a gazette notice on February 28. KAM termed the six-month notice to ban use of plastics in the country too short.
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