Business activities along Jogoo rd has been grinded to a halt following protests by traders at the Uhuru market over ongoing demolition of their stalls
The traders have lit bonfires and blocked the busy Jogoo rd using stones further causing a traffic snarl up.
“Let us go to Jogoo Road and block the way so that they can listen to us,” some of the traders shouted during the protests, before leading others onto the road.
Police are said to be deployed in the area between Hamsa Inn and Church army to quell the rising tensions and return to normalcy.
The bonfires were lit near the junction of Likoni Road, just a few metres from St Stephen’s Anglican Church of Kenya.
They have demanded immediate halt of the demolition and called on Governor Johnson Sakaja to intervene.
This is not the first time traders have protested against the planned demolitions at the market. In 2021, the matter reached the corridors of justice after traders moved to court to halt the process.
The traders received a temporary reprieve in 2021 after a Milimani court issued orders stopping a private developer from evicting them