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But there still appears to be a demand for mitumba smuggled in from its neighbours - the police regularly post pictures of impounded bales on social media.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

They’ve also been placing thousands of bales of straw on the exposed lakebed to block windblown dust.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

They asked him about hosting happy hours for the company at the brewery and distillery he is opening downtown, which is now decorated with fall banners and hay bales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Thousands of these bales land in Gikomba market near central Nairobi where tin-roofed stalls stretch across a five-acre labyrinth, one of the city's major economic hubs.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

“But I’m afraid in 1766 there was no theatre here at all, only a cobblestoned street overrun with pigs and bales of hay. We weren’t built for another fifty-five years!”

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick




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