Muguka Market Decline As Another County Bans Sale
On Friday, Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro issued a ban on Muguka, including transportation, distribution, and sale.
The governor issued a statement ordering the immediate closure of all retail and wholesale shops selling or distributing Muguka in Kilifi County.
Mung’aro further announced that trucks conveying Muguka will be denied admission into Kilifi County.
“Executive Order No. 1 of 2024 on the ban of entry, transportation, distribution, sale, and use of Muguka within Killifi County. In the exercise of the powers conferred in Section 30(2)(1) of the County Government Act and all other enabling laws of Kenya,” the governor announced.
Following the decision to ban Muguka, county departments and agencies were asked to implement the order and ensure compliance with it.
“In light of the above order, I therefore, with immediate effect, issue a directive to all the Kilifi County enforcement officers through the Directorate of Enforcement to ensure the order is enforced in totality,” the governor directed.
“Any officer found colluding with culprits will face the law and all the disciplinary actions there are,” he added.
Mung’aro’s judgment comes just a day after Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir issued a comprehensive ban on the commodity.
In the May 22 notice, Nassir directed all businesses, both retail and wholesale, selling Muguka in Mombasa County to stop operations.
The governor authorized county departments tasked with law enforcement to arrest those who violated the directive.
“Now, therefore I Abdulswamad Sharrif Nassir, Governor of Mombasa, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order and direct that, there be a total prohibition on the entry, transportation, distribution, sale and use of muguka and its products within Mombasa County,” the Governor declared.
“Those who were dealing with this have refused and for that reason, I have consulted legally and it is found to be in order. I’ve signed an executive order to ban the entry and sale of muguka in Mombasa.”
Muguka Market Decline As Another County Bans Sale
