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MP faults Governor Otuoma for failing to resettle traders

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Busia Fish traders sorting out salted fish from Lake Turkana before they repackaged them and export them to the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 1, 2021. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

Matayos MP Geoffrey Odanga has criticized Busia Governor Paul Otuoma for failing to resettle small-scale traders whose stalls were demolished nine months ago.

In February, the county government demolished illegal structures along major streets in Busia town and promised to resettle the affected traders, however this is yet to happen.

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