Cheap imports from China, UAE killing jua kali sector

This is now a major concern to state policy formulators, economists, and local trade lobbies.

by VICTOR AMADALA

News17 November 2025 - 06:59

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*A jua kali crafts woman in Kamukunji, Nairobi /FILE*

SHIQUO, a social media sensation with at least 1.2 million followers on TikTok, imports and sells almost everything households need online and at her shop within the Nairobi Central Business District.

Thousands of customers throng her page, buying all manner of items from electronics, clothes, car accessories, spoons, plates, cloth hangers, to portable shelves and even combs at much affordable prices.

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