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• Police, Nema rift on smoking ban 

Confusion as to who should enforce the law that bans smoking in public places is making the regulation inactive, three years after it came into force.

The Police and the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) are accusing each other of failing the implementation. Following a renewed call by the Environmental Action Network (Tean), an NGO, asking Nema to enforce the ban, Daily Monitor on Tuesday sounded out both institutions.

The Nema Public Relations Officer, Naomi Karekaho, said the police were in a better position to explain the inactiveness of the ban. “Our work is to put in place regulations and that is what we did regarding the ban on public smoking. The public relations department of the police should explain,” said Ms Karekaho.

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