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Digital loophole gives hawkers leeway to take over Nairobi streets

A hawker parades his shoes near the General Post Office on xxx street in the city centre, PHOTO BY GEORGE NJUNGE

It has now emerged that the Nairobi County Government licensed hawkers to operate in prohibited areas, even as the city tries to restrict the traders to designated areas.

A loophole in the county government’s online payment system allowed the small-scale traders to get licensed to sell their wares in areas previously prohibited in the old licensing system.

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