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Blow to hundreds of traders as Nassir bans Muguka in Mombasa

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Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir [right] with Meru leaders at his office in Mombasa when they paid him a courtesy visit at his office. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

It is a big blow to thousands of Muguka traders in Central Kenya and Mombasa after Governor Abdulswamad Nassir made good his threat to ban its sale and consumption at the coastal city.

In a gazette notice issued on May 22, Nassir banned entry, transportation, distribution, sale, and use of Muguka and its products within Mombasa.

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