Shortage of raw materials looms as illegal smuggling of batteries continues
Battery manufacturers have expressed fears that they will soon run short of raw materials following increased exportation of scrap batteries to Tanzania.
Despite the government's heightened crackdown on the trade, traders are saying that the activity has been going on with impunity.
The traders point out that although the crackdown has led to the arrest of a number of traders, more still needs to be done especially on the porous Kenya-Tanzania border in order to curb the illegal vice.
This comes as a truck ferrying scrap batteries was yesterday intercepted at Emali area along the Mombasa/ Nairobi Highway.
A shortage of raw materials is looming in the country following the increased smuggling of batteries by unscrupulous traders who have been taking advantage of the porous Kenya-Tanzania border to facilitate their illicit trade.
Despite the government's heightened crackdown on the trade, traders are saying that the activity has been going on with impunity.
