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Businesses decry reduced purchasing power in Nyanza

Cereal trader goes about her duty at Jubilee market in Kisumu (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

KISUMU, KENYA: low purchasing power has hit mall scale businesses in Kisumu with goods previously sold in a week now taking up to a month to clear stock.

Investigations by the Standard established traders selling various consumable goods in Jubilee and Kibuye markets are recording reduced profits each day, week and month.

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