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‘Doktari’ turns plastic bags into building materials

Dr Oscar Joshua Aghan arranges charcoal bricklets in the sun to dry in Komarok. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

It has been three years since the government effected a ban on plastic paper bags, and the manufacturing industry is still feeling the ripple effects.

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