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Kisumu traders defy authorities, starts "Corona Market"

Traders who were evicted from Kibuye market have started a market along the bypass connecting Busia Road and Nairobi road in Kisumu. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Hit by coronavirus restrictions, traders in Nyanza have come up with methods to evade authorities and sell their goods.

They have now built a makeshift market they have dubbed “Corona Market” to counter the decision by the county government to close all markets on the wake of the coronavirus.

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