Mitumba imports bad for local textile industry

Traders selling Second-hand clothes. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The growth in second-hand clothes import volumes in Kenya by a third in the second quarter of the year is a damning indictment of a country that is unable to clothe itself 60 years after independence.

The country once had a thriving cotton sector and a labour force good enough to produce clothes for the US market.

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