Uganda declares war on used clothing

The Manila Times

Uganda declares war on used clothing  Ugandan President Museveni bans second hand clothes import, potentially impacting millions of consumers and thousands of jobs, citing harm to the textile industry and promoting the adoption of domestically produced clothing.  Video by AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes  #tmtnews  #uganda

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00:00 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:29 Yeah, currently, the textile industry

00:35 stands at over $800 million in the country.

00:40 And out of this, $100 million is spent on secondhand clothing.

00:50 And this is the focus that our country,

00:52 that His Excellency the President, President Mbuseven,

00:55 says this must be sorted.

00:59 [CHATTER]

01:02 So we have cotton.

01:17 We can produce all these things that we

01:19 are talking about in the secondhand market

01:22 here in Uganda.

01:23 And we have companies that have started producing.

01:26 If you go to Mbali Industrial Park,

01:28 if you go to find spinners, nightie,

01:31 and others that are coming on, can

01:33 be able to replace this thing, rather

01:36 than secondhand closings, in a very pretty short time.

01:39 [CHATTER]

01:42 Because they are cheap, people easily

01:52 can get them at the cheaper prices.

01:57 Every person can buy cheap clothes,

02:01 better than these new clothes.

02:04 [CHATTER]

02:07 So if they come and ban us, number one,

02:23 we are going to lose our jobs.

02:26 To sustain our families is going to be very difficult.

02:29 Yes.

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