Concerns over illegal traders evictions in Mombasa

Director of Commissions for Human Rights and Justice group Julius Ogogo inspects a section of a car showroom that was demolished yesterday. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

The county has embarked on a crackdown to reclaim all land encroaching on road reserves within the City despite a court order stopping the exercise.

Yesterday several open secondhand car showrooms and other business were partially demolished by the county officials who said the traders were given a notice to vacate on April 9, this year.