Intensified hawkers crackdown elicits mixed reactions from city assembly

A woman is cornered by county askaris amid ongoing operation to rid hawkers out of the Central business District. [Photo by Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

The ongoing clampdown on hawkers and boda boda operators has elicited mixed reactions among Members of the County Assembly.

This follows numerous complaints from the public that the police and county askaris are using excessive force to remove women with children strapped to their backs from the streets.