Gatundu market to operate 24/7

Gatundu ultra-modern market will become a 24-hour facility after Kiambu county government approved a proposal by area MP Moses Kuria to give it that ambitious status. PHOTO: COURTESY

Gatundu ultra-modern market will become a 24-hour facility after Kiambu county government approved a proposal by area MP Moses Kuria to give it that ambitious status.

“This will be historic. Gatundu modern market is officially the first 24-hour trading centre in Kenya and this will help uplift the local economy,” said Mr Kuria.

He challenged locals and non-locals to take advantage of the new status of the market and do business.

The market’s chairman Michael Kimani said customers were undergoing many challenges before.

The market which was built by the government at a cost of Sh312 million was opened in 2013 by Deputy President William Ruto. It has a capacity of more than 500 traders in the stalls, and an additional 100 in the open air space. The traders in the market last year formed a Sacco which now has a capital base of Sh4 million.