This archive report was first published on 13 January 2020.
Published on January 13, 2020, leaders in Nyeri County have given assurance to over 2,000 traders in Karatina and Chaka towns that they will not be evicted by the Kenya Railways Corporation.
Nyeri Senator Ephraim Maina, who held a meeting with the traders in Karatina town, said they would not be evicted without an alternative site to do business.
“I will continue to defend your rights to conduct business in this town. The five-day eviction notice will not hold. The government will address your concerns,” he said.
Senator Maina also stated that he would fight the eviction notice, saying that the government is sympathetic and will come up with a solution which will allow for the railway line to be built and for the traders to continue working without disturbance.
Area MP Kanini Kega assured the traders in Chaka town that they would not be evicted until the multi-billion shilling Chaka market was completed.
The market was commissioned by President Uhuru Kenyatta in late 2016, and so far, the national government has spent Sh431 million on the first phase, which is 89 per cent complete.
