This archive report was first published on 27 July 2021.
Ngara's temporary Fig Tree market has been left reeling after a business owner demolished the traders' shelters, resulting in millions of shillings in losses.
According to eyewitnesses, the owner of the affected area, who wishes to create a parking space for his clients, opted to demolish the shelters without warning the traders.
One affected trader, who had taken a KES 130,000 loan from Equity to restock his business, expressed his despair, saying, “I am the only son at my home and I had just taken a sh130,000 loan from Equity and restocked my business. My young brother will not go to school because today, I woke up and found everything and my whole investment gone.”
As a result, furious traders had planned to stone the storey building owned by the proprietor, but Parklands police officers have been called in to prevent any further escalation.
