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No looking back on plastic bags ban, Nema declares

Plastic ban
Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural resources Prof Judi Wakhungu (second right) with Principal secretary Julius Sunkuli (right) during the launch of Safaricom Eco - Friendly reusable Bags in Nakuru on June 6,2017 .PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH

The ban on the use of plastic bags as from August 28 still remains.

The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) has maintained that any manufacturers found producing the bags and supermarkets using the bags after the ban date will be prosecuted.

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