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A week since Cabinet secretaries were sworn into office, some have captured attention with bold policy declarations.
On Tuesday, Trade CS Moses Kuria declared that President William Ruto's government would ban mitumba (secondhand clothing) after providing cheaper alternatives through a revamped textile industry.
The declaration was met mostly with ridicule by government critics who saw it as a policy U-turn by a president who flipped-flopped on the mitumba subject during the campaigns.
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