The Kenya Bureau of Standards will cancel licences for companies manufacturing plastic bags ahead of the ban on September 1. Managing director Charles Ongwae said the Ministry of Environment had given deadlines that will be implemented to the letter. “The National Environment Management Authority will be implementing the legal notice, but on our part we will withdraw the permits we have issued,” he said. Addressing the press at a Nakuru hotel, Ongwae said borders will be monitored to enforce the ban. Ongwae said that Kebs was established 43 years ago, it had achieved a lot.

Source: The Star April 23, 2017 20:48 UTC