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City council askaris collect the clothes of a hawker who was allegedly shot on the head and killed by a policeman while busy selling his clothes near Khoja Mosque, Nairobi. Mr Peter Maina was a hawker and a part-time preacher in Nairobi. (PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/ STANDARD)
It is Thursday evening. The time is 4:13pm. This writer is walking into a supermarket outlet along Moi Avenue in Nairobi.
Suddenly, a stampede ensues. Hawkers (as we refer to informal traders) run off in all directions clinging onto their wares.
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