Banning of mitumba importation ill-advisedPeople buy second-hand clothes in Kisii’s Daraja Mbili market. SEE ALSO: Traders say mitumba ban misinformedThe recent ban on mitumba importation by the government over concerns it could fuel spread of Covid-19 is detrimental to millions of livelihoods. County governments earn revenues from all these businesses.Over the years, mitumba trade has held blame for the near dormancy of Kenya’s cotton industry. Mitumba trade thrived because it found and filled an existing gap that the cotton industry had failed to exploit. Regardless, mitumba trade is not without challenges; the recent surge of cheap imports from the East has become highly competitive.

Source: Standard Digital May 07, 2020 04:07 UTC