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County government and miraa traders on collision course as town upgrade starts

Men at Gaciongo Market in Maua, Meru County load a Pick-up that ferries miraa from Meru to Mandera County. [Darlington Manyara/Standard]

Miraa traders in Maua town have protested the decision to block their loading bays in the ongoing facelift by the county government.

The traders said though they were not opposed to the upgrade of the town, they had not been given adequate time to look for alternative areas to operate from.

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