Anxiety as re-allocation of Kitengela town market begins

Kitengela town market is set to be re-opened this week after the Kajiado County Government closed it in September when a fight for space erupted. For eight weeks no business has been going on in the market after the fight pitting the Maasai against other communities broke out, leaving one dead and many injured.

Some traders now fear they may be left out in the re-allocation. Others claim the new space is insufficient to operate well in. “They have disregarded the agreement we had with them indicating that we were to get back our stalls,” said a trader.