Why street vendors belong in the modern city
REAL ESTATE
More than 2 billion people worldwide – over half the planet’s employed population – work in the informal economy, mainly in developing countries.
By The Conversation | 9 months ago
Risks traders take to sell to buyers in moving cars
They have witnessed their colleagues knocked down by speeding vehicles. Many others have been killed when vehicles rammed into their kiosks.
Mercy Kahenda and Nikko Tanui | 4 years ago
Hawkers turn Eastleigh into massive dumpsite
Nairobi's Eastleigh was once a marvel. The predominantly Somali suburb is among Kenya's biggest trading centres with over 50 shopping malls.
Graham Kajilwa | 4 years ago
Eastleigh shops closed in weekly protest
All major shops in bustling Eastleigh business district were Wednesday closed as traders started a "weekly protest" against hawkers.
Josphat Thiong'o | 4 years ago
In a bid to increase vigilance against hawking, a...
By Graham Kajilwa | Jul 30, 2016
It has now emerged that the Nairobi County Governm...
By Daniel Wesangula | Jul 17, 2016
Margaret Anyango has been doing business in Ndori ...
By Isaiah Gwengi and Lydia Nyawira | Apr 04, 2016
Nairobi, popularly known as “Green City in the S...
By DrNjenga Solomon | Apr 02, 2016
My heart always sinks with despair whenever I see ...
By John Atambo | Mar 31, 2016
The hawkers in Nairobi’s Central Business Distri...
By Brian Kyato | Feb 10, 2016
Acquiring trading sheds and stalls in Nakuru town ...
By Karanja Njoroge and Vincent Mabatuk | Jan 31, 2016
A lobby group of hawkers has asked the Inspector G...
By Graham Kajilwa | Jan 19, 2016
The second phase of de-congesting Nakuru town's Ce...
By Steve Mkawale | Jun 23, 2015
The Nairobi county government is set to invest Sh4...
By Josphat Thiong'o | Jun 03, 2015
The infamous cat-rat business between hawkers and ...
By Agnes Aineah | Dec 19, 2014
