The High Court on Thursday, April 4, suspended the ban of non-woven bags by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA).
The ban will be temporarily suspended until a petition filed by Importers and Small Traders Association is determined.
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This, after NEMA had vowed to move to implement the ban on non-woven bags which was as a stop-gap measure to help in the absence of plastic bags.
The authority argued the quality of the bags which has flooded the market had been compromised thus the move.
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The bags will be replaced with carrier bags made from reed, cotton, sisal, recycled plastic material, recycled paper, papyrus, woven plastic bags, hyacinth, and hard plastic.
According to NEMA, the ban was to be lifted after the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBs) gazetted a standard that would inform the quality of non-woven bags in the country.
According to the regulator, anyone found making, selling or importing non-woven bags will face arrest and a possible jail term.
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TUKO.co.ke earlier reported the bags were put into countrywide use in August 2017 after the Ministry of Environment banned the use of plastic packing bags.
Complains have, however, been rife regarding the quality of the bags.
Kenyans have been lamenting that most off them rip apart once anything is put inside them.
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