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Mta do? How hawkers rule city streets.

A glitch in the Nairobi City County’s online payment system has enabled hawkers to get valid licences to operate in traditional no-go areas.

 There is an ‘epidemic’ of hawkers all over Nairobi CBD, courtesy of bureaucracy, a court order and a malfunctioning digital system that has seen them clog city streets.

A glitch in the Nairobi City County’s online payment system has enabled hawkers to get valid licences to operate in traditional no-go areas like Kenyatta Avenue and even City Hall Way.

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