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Selling on backstreet lanes impossible, defiant hawkers tell Sakaja

Governor Sakaja inspects CBD Walkways after banning hawkers from selling on the main streets on Jan 10, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Days after Nairobi County issued a directive banning hawkers in some areas, the traders now say the areas that they were directed to operate from are pathetic.

The directive according to Governor Johnson Sakaja was aimed at restoring order in the city centre following an unending outcry by Nairobians that the capital city was losing its glory.

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