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Business community to contribute to EA anti-plastic Bill

The business community in East Africa has been granted a window by the East African Legislative Assembly to give its views for consideration on a Bill that intends to ban plastic bags.

The East African Business Council had filed a petition to the regional assembly to delay enactment of the law on the ground that adequate in-country stakeholder consultations were not carried out in some of the partner states.

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