This archive report was first published on 9 July 2019.
Normal business has resumed at Nairobi's City Market, a day after operations were disrupted by a standoff between stall owners and hawkers.
According to sources, the paralysis was occasioned by a dispute over space in the busy market, with stall owners closing their shops in protest.
However, hawkers continued operating, insisting they had a right to be at the market.
By Tuesday, July 9, 2019, all shops that closed the previous day were open, with customers streaming in to buy commodities such as fish, beef, chicken, and pork.
Kamundia Mathenge, owner of Kamundia Butchery, said they had decided to resume normal operations as they charted the way forward.
"We have decided to open but we are still consulting as a group on what to do next. Our fears are that the issue has been politicised and could lead to anarchy as a result of misrepresentation of facts," said Mr Mathenge.
Other traders under the Kenyanam Lake Fish Dealers Association said they did not have any problems with their counterparts and would conduct business as usual.
"As you can see they have opened and we are also going on with our business. There is no bad blood between us," said Titus Odhiambo, a former leader of the association.
