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Global Business of Secondhand Clothes Thrives in Kenya
2014-10-19 06:10:55| Apparel - Topix.net
Shaded by ragged squares of canvas, amid choking dust and the noise of hawkers, shoppers in Nairobi's Gikomba market can turn up Tommy Hilfiger jeans or a Burberry jacket for a fraction of the price in London's Regent Street or New York's Fifth Avenue. But there's a catch: the clothes are all secondhand, discarded as worthless at charity shops or thrift stores in Europe or the United States and then shipped thousands of miles to another continent, occasionally in such pristine condition that an original price tag is still attached.
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Kenya: Cane Growers to Get Paid On Sucrose Content
2014-10-15 08:13:00| Sugar Industry News
THE government will change sugarcane payment mode from the usual weight-based to quality-based in terms of sucrose content, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei has said.
China's Jiangsu Lianfa to build $44m Kenya textile plant
2014-10-07 14:29:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Kenyan government has confirmed to just-style that its ministry of industrialisation and enterprise development has entered into a deal with Chinese firm Jiangsu Lianfa Textile Company to build a major textile plant.
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West Kenya Sugar now demands closure of Butali Sugar Mill
2014-10-06 08:55:57| Sugar Industry News
The controversy surrounding the setting up of Butali Sugar Mill has deepened with a rival miller challenging the legality of the government\'s decision to issue the miller with a licence, and demanded that it be shut down.
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Kenya: Reinstate Former Chemelil Sugar Boss, Youth Tell State
2014-10-02 08:11:24| Sugar Industry News
A youth group in Uasin Gishu county has urged the government to reinstate the Chemelil Sugar Company former director.
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