But now Kisumu Residents Voice Chairman Audi Ogada has said the move by the government to ban plastic bags will relieve the county of the menace. Meanwhile, traders are slowly adopting alternatives ahead of the ban on plastic bags. Majority of fruit and vegetable vendors still pack their goods in the plastic bags, claiming that low income earners will be greatly affected. A notice at the entrance said, “Due to the legislation on plastic ban, Nakumatt will be reducing the availability of the plastic bags. “I don’t support the ban on plastic bags as youths working for manufacturers and who supply the polythene bags to shopping centres will be out of work,” he said.

Source: Daily Nation August 24, 2017 08:48 UTC