Investment and Industry principal secretary Betty Maina is now turning the spotlight on leading players after State compliance agencies impounded illicit goods worth more than Sh8.5 billion in a five-month operation through last October. Ms Maina says the value of illicit goods confiscated is an indictment on the business community for not complying with trade laws and rules. A multi-agency team, led by deputy head of Public Service Wanyama Musiambo, launched an operation from May last year, seizing counterfeit, sub-standard and smuggled goods worth billions. President Uhuru Kenyatta led the destruction of the first batch of illicit goods confiscated by the multi-agency team worth Sh1.5 billion in Athi River on August 31, last year. “As manufacturing sector, we are the ones who have been championing that illicit trade should be addressed over the years.

Source: Daily Nation February 10, 2019 08:26 UTC