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Toi traders get Sh5m to restart businesses

By Josphat Thiong'o and Brigid Chemweno | Nov. 14, 2014

Nairobi Governor Dr Evans Kidero, left, and Kibra MP Kenneth Okoth and Kibera Hawkers Market traders who lost their wares to fire this week on Thursday. [Photo/Jonah Onyango/Standard]

Nairobi, Kenya: Governor Evans Kidero has given Sh5 million as compensation to traders in Kibera’s Toi market for the property lost in a recent fire tragedy.

A total of 246 registered businesses fell victim to the fire that left most of the families distraught since the market was their only source of income.

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