The Director-General of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Geoffery Wahungu. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Geoffery Wahungu, the Director-General of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), has fired a stern warning to markets in the country still making use of plastic bags, saying that they will be closed down.''We are currently grappling with compliance issues. There are markets that are still making use of the plastic carrier bags like Gikomba, City Park, Mlolongo, and others. We want to send a warning that if the situation persists we will have no choice but to close them down,'' Geoffery Wahungu told the media today in Nairobi.Wahungu asked the chairmen of those markets to make sure that the ban on plastic bags was complied with.Kenya embraced the ban on plastic carrier bags last year.
Several markets have been using the plastic carrier bags in spite of the ban.