Traders at Gikomba market on Tuesday woke up to demolitions of their stalls to pave way for road construction. The demolition exercise was carried out late at night by the National Youth Service under the watchful eyes of GSU officers. The demolitions comes just two weeks after fire razed a section of the market leaving hundreds of traders counting huge loses. The government also promised to modernised the market infrastructure, with the first phase set to be concluded within three months. Starehe MP Charles Njagua Kanyi, also blamed the government over repeated fire incidents in Kenya’s largest open-air market.

Source: Daily Nation July 14, 2020 09:08 UTC