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Inside endless market wrangles giving governor sleepless nights

Kiambu governor Kimani wa Matangi addresses Ruiru market hawkers. [George Njunge, Standard]

Barely one month after Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi mediated between warring factions of traders in Thika town, the governor was once again forced to arbitrate another tiff between Ruiru market traders and hawkers who sell their merchandise outside the newly constructed market.

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