GOVERNMENT TO BAN 'MITUMBA' AND PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE. ~~TRADE CS MOSES KURIA
Trade and Investments CS Moses Kuria What you need to know; The announcement was made by the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of of Trade, investments and industry, Moses Kuria. The Ban is expected to boost local textile industry. The government is looking forward to create 5million jobs for the youth in the textile industry within 5years. The government will first find an alternative for Mitumba traders before initiating the ban. Speaking on Tuesday after attending the Changamka festival, Trade CS Moses Kuria hinted on a possibility by the Kenyan government to impose a ban on second hand clothes popularly known as MITUMBA. The announcement has created an online spat with Azimio coalition supporters castigating the cabinet secretary and the government for eating into Azimio-One Kenya coalition manifesto that they disagreed with during the August 9th campaigns. Odinga had proposed the ban of Mitumba in the Kenyan market earlier during the campains, something that was not received wel