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Grace Wangui a second hand clothes(mitumba) dealer in Nyeri Town. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

The argument that second-hand clothes suppress the growth of the local textile sector has been debunked in a new report published by the Mitumba Consortium Association of Kenya.

The report noted that there is no evidence to ascertain this claim which has been a subject of heated debate in the country.

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