Locals reject Governor Mike Sonko's plan to move hawkers to Ziwani

Uproar as Nairobi Governor Sonko's move to relocate hawkers to Ziwani is met with hostility

NAIROBI, KENYA: Governor Mike Sonko's plan to move hawkers from the Central Business District to Mwariro Market in Kariokor has been met with hostility by locals.

Mwariro Market, which is in Ziwani Ward was the place that Sonko had earlier announced that hawkers would occupy before the end of November permanently. Sonko confirmed that plans were underway to transform the market to have the capacity to host most of the hawkers in an effort geared towards controlling the influx of small scale traders in the city centre.