Scrap metal dealers to be licensed after ban fails to stop thefts

28 April 2022

Kenya is to lift a ban on scrap metal dealing in favour of a licensing system for dealers as it struggles to stop thieves ripping up public infrastructure to sell on.

The country’s capital, Nairobi, had imposed a total ban on scrap metal dealing on 20 January to prevent criminals targeting public utilities to steal transformers, transmission lines and other parts of road and rail infrastructure.

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