Kenyans risk Sh4 million fine, four-year jail term for possessing banned plastic bags – NEMA

Listen to articleUnder Regulation 6, the manufacture, importation, exportation, possession, use or sale of plastic carrier and flat bags is prohibited without authorisation from NEMA.Kenyans found in possession of banned plastic carrier bags risk paying fines of up to Sh4 million or serving a four-year jail term as the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) intensifies its crackdown on illegal plastic packaging materials.