City Hall and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) plan to create more trading spaces to cater to the underserved and ever-growing population.
With structured and organised markets, traders will have good working environments.
Modernisation of markets will be a win-win for all.
Almost all evenings, major Nairobi city centre streets turn to open-air markets with hawkers selling their wares from vegetables, clothes, shoes and household items. In markets in the suburbs, mounds of garbage — mostly from the groceries vendors — and burst sewers are an eyesore.
But with plans to upgrade Nairobi’s trading spaces underway, there is hope for improved sanitation, hygiene and safety.
City Hall and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) also plan to create more trading spaces to cater to the underserved and ever-growing population.
