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Government appoints “Keep our markets open” taskforce

Traders display their fresh produce at the newly built Daraja mbili market in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo/Standard]

The government has started putting in place measures to ensure hygiene and food supply chain is maintained in market places.

A taskforce appointed by the Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia is expected to develop a self-sustaining, self-financing model for Covid-19 compliant market stalls and mobile market models within the next 30 days.

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