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Tension in Nakuru as county government relocates 28,000 hawkers

Nakuru, Kenya: Tension remains high in Nakuru town as Nakuru county government begins the first phase of relocating 28,000 hawkers who are operating at the town Central Business District in a bid to decongest the town.

The exercise which started on Sunday night and went on until this morning took off amid heavy anti-riot police surveillance who kept vigil, as county askaris demarcated what used to be Nasha Square bus terminus opposite main Nakuru bus termini.

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