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Walkways become new informal marketplaces

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Make shift businesses along walk ways in Ruaka town, [Juliet Omelo ]

Makeshift businesses are rapidly spreading from city centres into surrounding estates and residential neighbourhoods, taking over pedestrian walkways, feeder paths, and service lanes in major towns across the country.

What began as a predominantly CBD-based hustle has now morphed into a vast estate economy, reshaping public spaces and raising concerns over safety, planning, and congestion.

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