A section of traders in Gikomba have appealed to Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to install CCTV cameras across the markets to curb the rampant fire cases.
This comes barely a week after the latest incident, which occurred on Saturday, October 15, 2022.
"These regular fires should end, and we are asking the government of President William Ruto and Johnson Sakaja to find a lasting solution," Yusuf, a trader, stated, as quoted by a local publication.
While reiterating that the cameras will help arrest the perpetrators behind their tribulations, the traders who spoke through their spokesperson also pleaded with the county government to deploy police officers across the markets to ward off arsonists.
They also asked the county government to provide them with fire hydrants and construct boreholes.
On his part, Governor Sakaja pledged to protect the market and traders from malicious intent by outsiders.
The county boss also pledged to set up a market fire station.
"Gikomba is public land, and we will build a wall around it. It belongs to the people of Nairobi, and we will defend it to the end from grabbers," he stated, as quoted by a local publication.
He vowed to issue the land with a title deed once the land was surveyed.
