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Tourism CS Balala faults shisha ban

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala (left) and the National Assembly Committee on Sports, Tourism and Culture chairman Dr Victor Munyaka during a retreat at Pride Inn Paradise beach resort in Mombasa. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

By  WACHIRA MWANGI  &  MOHAMED AHMED

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has raised concern over the recent ban of shisha and the closure of clubs, saying the move hurts the economy.

Mr Balala said the ban on the water-pipe tobacco imposed by outgoing Health CS Cleopa Mailu was a "miscalculated" one.

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