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Sonko rolls up his sleeves and hawkers are flushed out of the Nairobi streets (photos)

The officers said they were following orders to carry out the operation [Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

In a crackdown code-named ‘Operation Fagia Nairobi County’, Nairobi County inspectorate officers and police engaged in running battles with hawkers and boda boda operators within the city centre.  

The sting operation that began on February 22 saw illegal structures demolished and the hawkers flushed out of the central business district and its surroundings.

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