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Soon, fashions may change in Uganda.

The President is Yoweri Museveni.

He doesn't like old clothes.

He wants new clothes for Ugandans.

He has a plan.

He wants to stop secondhand clothes.

In Uganda, lots of people – 16 million people – buy secondhand clothes.

The clothes come from other countries.

But President Museveni isn't happy about this.

David Bahati's a politician.

Uganda grows cotton.

It sells lots of the cotton to other countries.

But Uganda could keep its cotton.

The sellers in Owino market are worried.

The market's in Kampala.

It started selling secondhand clothes 50 years ago.

Peace Mackline owns a shop there.

She sells old clothes.

Buyers are worried too.

It's not just about the price.

It's about quality.

30 percent of Ugandans are poor.

Secondhand clothes are important for them.

The government wants big changes.

But lots of Ugandans don't.

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