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01May 2022
Kenya’s mitumba dealers push for setting up of re-export facilities
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Dealers in second-hand clothes (mitumba) in Kenya want the government to introduce sorting centres, saying such facilities would allow the country to export clothing to high-demand markets in the US and Europe.
04Jan 2022
Mitumba imports jump four-fold in the third quarter
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Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that 49,176 tonnes of second-hand clothes were imported into the country in the third quarter of last year compared to 13,334 tonnes in 2020.
11Mar 2021
Mitumba not a threat to Kenya’s domestic textile industry: report
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The think tank put the average spending on new clothes per household at Sh450 compared to Sh280 for mitumba, which is common with poor households, according to Kneyan media reports.