Kenya imports about 100,000 tonnes of second-hand clothes a year, providing the government revenues from customs duties and creating tens of thousands of jobs. Each year Kenya takes over $42 million (Sh4.2 billion) worth of second-hand clothes from the UK — the world’s second largest exporter of used garments. Kenya imports about 100,000 tonnes of second-hand clothes a year, providing the government revenues from customs duties and creating tens of thousands of jobs. RESISTANCEFashion Revolution says old UK garments going to Africa doesn’t clothe poor children — it just feeds the second-hand market. But critics say local manufacturers never had a chance.

Source: Daily Nation February 04, 2019 22:52 UTC