Traders at the famous Wakulima Market have agreed to relocate to Kangundo Road Market in a smooth transition. https://shorturl.at/D2Sm9
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00:00We had earlier issued a direction because our intention is to restore order in the city
00:08and on that we are all in agreement that there must be the full restoration of order and
00:15that we shall deal with the congestion.
00:18We have agreed with the leadership and the chairman will affirm that our intention is
00:24for our business people to work in an environment that is good, an environment that looks at
00:31the interests of everybody, not just those traders but also our pedestrians, also those
00:38with vehicular traffic.
00:40We have said that number one, Haile Selassie is going to be clear.
00:45That one there is no prevarication, there is no going back, Haile Selassie will be clear
00:50even for the safety of our traders.
00:53We will not have any trucks selling or offloading on the road as has been the case in some instances.
01:02We have also agreed that the allocations at Kangundo Road for wholesale will proceed and
01:11that we shall have the different trucks for these different commodities assigned their
01:18spaces and those who trade can even trade outside within the presence of the market.
01:26We have agreed that after a certain number of vehicles, any additions will immediately
01:32go to Kangundo as we pick it up and we are giving it up one month to monitor the progress
01:38over there.
01:39After that one month we shall meet again and we shall continue the habit of talking together
01:44and discussing so as to ensure the full restoration of order and for business to thrive.
01:51We have agreed that we shall open up for them a road that was blocked behind Wakulima Market
01:58that then goes all the way to Jogoroad to make sure that there is a proper flow of traffic
02:06as we move ahead to ease congestion.
02:10The Regional Command of Police is here and I want to thank him for the support as well
02:14as our compliance and enforcement team.
02:18Our city is going to be orderly.
02:21We have said the instances of people and hawkers selling, even cooking on the roads will not
02:28be tolerated at all in the capital city of Nairobi.
02:32This is a global capital, this is a global hub and it must look like that.