Chepkube traders in Bungoma have protested their eviction from a road reserve, demanding that they be given an alternative market before they move. The Kenya National Highways Authority on Tuesday directed the traders to vacate the reserves along the Mumias-Bungoma road in 30 days. “How can the county government demand levies yet they are not ready to provide an alternative market for us,” the traders chairperson, Benard Makokha said. They accused Governor Wycliffe Wangamati of fake promises, saying he had not secured an alternative market despite promising to do so. Finding an alternative market for Chepkube roadside hawkers has been a political campaigns issue during election.

Source: The Star April 25, 2018 22:18 UTC