East Africa wants to curb imports of used clothes. But it’s not easy

Elizabeth Paul, who owns Kuya Creations in Tanzania’s main city of Dar es Salaam, agrees: “In my shop, the minimum price of a dress is 50,000 Tanzanian shillings (£14.50; $19.20). People tell me: ‘For 50,000 I can get 10 second-hand dresses, so let me buy those.'”