New law seeks to ban used clothes, shoe imports into East Africa
Industrialisation plan top on the East African Community Summit’s agenda as region moves to protect local textile, leather manufacturers and vehicle assembly firms from unfair competition. PHOTOS | FILE
Importation of used clothes and shoes is to be outlawed in East Africa once the region’s heads of state adopt the Industrialisation Policy that will also restrict importation of used motor vehicles.
If the policy that seeks to transform the manufacturing sector is adopted during the Heads of State Summit in Arusha, Tanzania, on Wednesday, individual countries are expected to domesticate it before it takes effect.
