Kenya plastic bag ban: Three fruit sellers arrested in Nairobi - BBC News

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Social media users in Kenya have come out in support of three vendors who were arrested for using plastic bags.

The men were selling plums, passion fruit and sugar cane in the capital Nairobi when they were detained and were due to appear in court on Tuesday, authorities said.

Kenya's plastic bag ban came into effect in 2017 and has some of the harshest penalties in the world.

Offenders face prison sentences or fines of up to $40,000 (£32,000).

More than a third of Kenyans survive on less than $1.90 (£1.46) per day, according to World Bank figures for 2015-16,


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