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Why Governor Sakaja's Sh100 million project to relocate hawkers in the CBD to backstreet lanes collapsed

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja when he appeared before the Senate Transport Committee at Parliament on March 18, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Hawking in the Central Business District (CBD) has been a headache whose right prescription is yet to be found, decades later.

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