'Where is our future': Uganda declares war on used clothing

Sellers offering second-hand clothes wait for costumers at a market in Kampala on October 7, 2023.


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What you need to know:

  • Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced a ban on the importation of used clothing into Uganda to be effective from September, claiming it affects the development of the local textile industries and stating that used clothes belonged to dead people.