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KEBS bans importation of ‘mitumba’ clothes and shoes

The Kenya Bureau of Standards on Tuesday announced that it had banned the importation of second hand clothes and shoes, popularly known as mitumba, until further notice.

KEBS stated that it arrived at the decision as a result of the declaration of Coronavirus as a global pandemic.

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