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Sh4 million market idle as traders shun it over location

Duncan Mwangi at the idling Pesi market in Pesi area within Salama ward. The market has been idling two years after it was completed for use but traders have shun it owing to its location. [Jacinta Mutura/Standard]

Traders have shunned a new market constructed by the county administration at a cost of Sh4 million.

The market was built in 2016 and was supposed to benefit traders of Pesi in Salama ward of Laikipia West sub-county.

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