Gikomba traders should now insure their goods against fire

Goods worth millions of shillings were burnt down at Gikomba open air market on Tuesday morning. The fire left the scene looking like the worst possible nightmare, a disbelief and a pond of stress to the traders.

They mayt not have lost their relatives and friends as no deaths were reported but economically, they have really been hammered down. Since the market is congested and full of small scale retailers, only a small percentage of the traders have insured their goods against fire.