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Kenyans scramble to ditch polythene bags on first day of ban
Joseph Ondieki (right), a trader at a market in Eldoret, sells oranges which he packages in small non-plastic material on August 28, 2017. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG
It was one of the most difficult things to do; to spot a Kenyan carrying polythene materials on Monday as a State-imposed ban on polythene bags took effect.
A spot-check by Nation revealed that streets of Nairobi were swamped with hawkers who overnight had switched from polythene bags to alternative packaging of all sorts - including travel bags which they encouraged pedestrians to buy to beat the ban.
