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No country for small traders as war on ‘fakes’ bites

A security personel Jackton Ombocho shows one of the shops vacated by a business trader of kitchenware items due to the government stringent regulations and policies on importation of goods at Nyamakima's KK house building on 10th May 2019. [David Gichuru/Standard]

At the heart of Nairobi’s Nyamakima area on Duruma Road, Cosmas Githaiga, sits on his empty handcart pondering his fate. 

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