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In the matter of Gikomba market fire, which recurs at least thrice a year, obviously out of well orchestrated arson, let me disappoint the wretched of the earth aka hustlers who eke out a living from the flea market - it is time up! It is over!
It is clearly apparent someone has interest in the space that the market sits on, and is complicit in the all too often arson.
When PS Karanja Kibicho visited the market yesterday, one of the suggestions, at face value, largely un-accentuated and innocuous, was that "the government would help in fencing off the market to keep away the suspected arsonists."
Take this to any bank and get a loan to build the burnt down businesses! Once that place is fenced off, ostensibly to build a well planned market, it will be a no go zone for everyone, least of all the dejected traders.
The traders will all, without exception, instantly be strangers. Just make reference to the just completed Mwarîro Market in Kariokor. Have the original hawkers gotten any stalls in the market? Money rules.
Let's be honest and figure out the most probable scenario. In this country, mnyonge hana haki. This is clearly vindicated by the happenings today, where the rebuilding of the burnt structures has been forcefully disrupted by the police, with youth from NYS doing menial works.
The place may be completely sealed and rebuilt by the military men-led NMS. Once complete, the stalls would be auctioned to the highest bidders who would easily part with a "goodwill" of say sh.500k - 1m.
The rest of the thuraku riff ruffs' options are limited to either take the offered sh.10k fare to gîcagi or hug the nearest electricity transformer. Their only duty of "kumîra kumîra" to protect the "God-given ûthamaki" is still two years off.
Hail Mûthamaki!
Ng'ondu ici!
It is clearly apparent someone has interest in the space that the market sits on, and is complicit in the all too often arson.
When PS Karanja Kibicho visited the market yesterday, one of the suggestions, at face value, largely un-accentuated and innocuous, was that "the government would help in fencing off the market to keep away the suspected arsonists."
Take this to any bank and get a loan to build the burnt down businesses! Once that place is fenced off, ostensibly to build a well planned market, it will be a no go zone for everyone, least of all the dejected traders.
The traders will all, without exception, instantly be strangers. Just make reference to the just completed Mwarîro Market in Kariokor. Have the original hawkers gotten any stalls in the market? Money rules.
Let's be honest and figure out the most probable scenario. In this country, mnyonge hana haki. This is clearly vindicated by the happenings today, where the rebuilding of the burnt structures has been forcefully disrupted by the police, with youth from NYS doing menial works.
The place may be completely sealed and rebuilt by the military men-led NMS. Once complete, the stalls would be auctioned to the highest bidders who would easily part with a "goodwill" of say sh.500k - 1m.
The rest of the thuraku riff ruffs' options are limited to either take the offered sh.10k fare to gîcagi or hug the nearest electricity transformer. Their only duty of "kumîra kumîra" to protect the "God-given ûthamaki" is still two years off.
Hail Mûthamaki!
Ng'ondu ici!
