{
  "id": 12725438,
  "title": "NEMA apprehends 5 in Nairobi plastic bag crackdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/nema-apprehends-5-in-nairobi-plastic-bag-crackdown",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T22:16:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/nema-apprehends-5-in-nairobi-plastic-bag-crackdown"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) apprehended five individuals in Nairobi's Njiru following a crackdown on banned plastic carrier bag manufacturing. This operation, part of a nationwide effort, targeted a facility where illegal plastic bags were being produced. During the raid, officers confiscated 90,695 banned single-use plastic bags. The facility owner and four others were taken into custody and later released on cash bail. Kenya banned the use, manufacture, and importation of plastic carrier bags in 2017 to combat plastic pollution. NEMA emphasizes that both carrier bags and specific flat bags are subject to the ban. The agency is intensifying enforcement nationwide, targeting facilities involved in manufacturing and distributing banned plastics. The apprehended individuals are set to face Kibera Law Courts as investigations continue into the facility and the seized plastic bags.",
  "summary": "The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has apprehended five people following a raid on a facility in Njiru, Nairobi, where banned plastic carrier bags were being manufactured. In a statement on Thursday, October 8, 2026, NEMA said the operation was part of an intensified nationwide crackdown on the manufacture, distribution and use of banned plastic […]",
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      },
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      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}