[mpisgmedia] microfinance and hawkers

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Kenya: Plan to Make Hawking the Business of the Future


East African Standard (Nairobi)
OPINION
17 July 2007
Posted to the web 16 July 2007
Kiburi Kago
Nairobi
Small-scale traders and hawkers have been thrust into the national agenda with the creation of funds for youth and women.
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But the hawkers became a security risk and a nuisance to the environment. They caused congestion and harboured criminals. Alive to the fact that no self-respecting city would allow itself to be overrun by unruly traders, a permanent solution had to be found.
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Places where hawkers could carry out business in a planned manner consistent with the policy of keeping the town clean, beautiful and orderly were also identified.
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The enactment of the Micro-Finance Bill into law is another milestone.

The Government has been at the forefront in clearing illegal kiosks and structures from road reserves in an effort to ensure a clean and secure Nairobi. The removal of kiosks in Westlands, Ngara and Community, though painful, has changed the face of the city. A modern road - Professional Way - now stands where Serena B kiosks were.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/200707161733.html


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