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Kampala's thriving trade in Europe's second-hand clothes

In Uganda, second hand clothes still offer the best bargain. They are often of better quality - coming from Europe, Japan and the US - and cheaper than new clothes. The trade in the capital Kampala is so big that it's the hub for used clothes in East Africa. And it has given rise to a new kind of buyers- the personal shoppers. As part of 大象传媒's A Richer World series Catherine Byaruhanga went to a second-hand clothes market to find out more:

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