Nation | by Sylvania Ambani
More than 25 traders have been arrested in Embakasi East, Nairobi County, after they were found using banned plastic bags.
The exercise is part of a crackdown by the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) that kicked off on Wednesday in Nairobi, a day after a nation.africa expose showed single-use plastic bags had made a big comeback in city markets.
The crackdown, Nema says, is aimed at flushing out rogue vendors who have reverted to using polythene bags to package goods for their customers…
