NEMA Arrests 5 Traders in Coast Crackdown on Banned Plastic Bags

Five traders in the coastal region were arrested by NEMA for possessing banned plastic bags during a multi-sector operation. Police and NEMA inspected factories to ensure compliance with plastic bag regulations, instructing non-compliant facilities to regularize their operations. NEMA warned that manufacturing, importing, selling, or possessing plastic bags without a license is an offense punishable by fines up to 4 million Ksh and imprisonment, with enforcement ongoing nationwide.