Each consignment of scrap metal for export to be directly approved by the Principal Secretary in the Trade and Industrialisation ministry.
Kenya is currently grappling with a surge in vandalism including recent cases of destruction of sections of the Chinese-built standard gauge railway.
Applicants for scrap metal dealership permits are expected to know their fate today even as the State set steep fines for illegal traders ahead of tomorrow when a ban on the trade is lifted.
A multi-agency team appointed by the State yesterday concluded vetting of 260 dealers who had registered with the Trade and Industrialiation ministry, which yesterday also said traders who held licenses before the January ban on scrap metal trade was imposed would be vetted afresh.
