Nairobi river filled with plastic bags. [Photo/Daily Nation]Nairobi residents are yet to heed to the plastics ban directive imposed by the government just a week to the August 28 deadline.
This occurred despite the existence of the case taken to court by one Fredrick Njenga and Stephen Mwangi who claim that the ban did not comply with the law.
Local supermarkets including Tuskys are still providing plastic bags to their customers over the counter and it is still not known when they will stop using them.
Nakumatt on the other hand has effected the directive which was issued on February this year. Their customers are given an alternative of using an environmental friendly bag or sort themselves out.
"We are yet to adjust because there is a court case pending but we hope that the courts rule in our favour," said a worker at the CBD.
At EastMatt supermarket yesterday many people flocked for their daily shopping and found it way too hard to comply with the directive since bread, milk, fresh produce and even meat cereal was still packed in plastic bags.
In the streets of Nairobi still residents are using plastic bags to carry goods from market stalls, shops and stores.
The Kenya Association Manufacturers {KAM} has therefore pleaded with the President to dismiss the ban insisting that it will affect the economy of the country.