Second hand clothes, shoes ban backfires

Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa was yesterday asked to reverse a ban on the importation of second hand clothes and shoes or risk his Mid Term Fiscal Review being rejected by the National Assembly.

Members of Parliament from across the political divide said they would not pass the Finance Bill to operationalise Chinamasa's 2015 Mid Term Budget Review in its current form because it was insensitive to the poor.

Some were saying only importation of used undergarments should be prohibited.