Topic: Hawkers

Drama in Nairobi as hawkers and touts battle for space in CBD

By Mike Kihaki   2025-01-30 20:04:23

The matatu operators blocked key roads in the area in protest over hawkers occupying their designated spaces.

How Sakaja can turn hawkers 'menace' into a success story

By Henry Ochieng’   2025-01-20 00:33:03

CBD has long been the epicentre of commerce, governance, and culture. But over the years, the hawker crisis has turned it into a battleground.

Selling on backstreet lanes impossible, defiant hawkers tell Sakaja

By Emmanuel Kipchumba   2025-01-16 16:10:06

Some of the restricted areas include Moi Avenue, Haile Selassie Avenue, Kenneth Matiba Road, Latema Road, Ronald Ngala Street, Mfangano Street, Hakati Road, and River Road.

Relocation of hawkers from CBD divides traders, stirs political rift

By Pkemoi Ng'enoh   2025-01-13 17:13:04

The ejection decision has triggered political tension, with leaders clashing over its fairness and execution.

Hawkers protest City Hall's move to ban selling on main streets

By James Wanzala   2025-01-12 14:16:06

Nairobi County hawkers have protested a move by City Hall to ban hawking on main streets in the Central Business District and at regulated times.

Micheu Njiru: From competing with street hawkers to top executive

By Peter Muiruri   2024-10-29 12:36:43

Mich, as friends call him, thrives well in any fast-paced environment with remarkable adaptability.