Mitumba imports up 80pc on weak shilling, end of ban

Traders selling Second-hand clothes. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The value of second-hand clothes imports grew 80 percent in the first half of the year as State lifted a ban in the second quarter.

Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicates that the value of these clothes, popularly known as mitumba, went up to Sh9.2 billion in the review period from Sh5.1 billion in corresponding time last year.

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