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The scene where a fire razed stalls at the populous Gikomba Market.
Image: COURTESY
Image: COURTESY
A fire has once again razed stalls at the populous Gikomba Market early Saturday morning.
According to the Kenya Red Cross, response teams are currently at the scene.
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This is the latest incident where part of the market has gone up in flames in what has come to be an annual worrying trend.
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The market last year saw three such incidents.
The last one was in August last year, property worth more than Sh100 million was reduced to ashes at the market.
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The Nairobi county government has on several sought to assure residents that the perennial fire problem comes to a stop.
It is currently building a market in the area to fix the problem.
(Photos: Courtesy)
