Economic imp act of relocating hawkers from Nairobi central business district to the new Ngara market

Abstract

This paper describes the economic impact of relocating hawkers from NCBD. Working from the existing literature and interviews, this paper assesses the impact of relocating hawker's businesses from the NCBD to the Ngara market by examining whether the traders have benefited from the relocation or not and also by comparing the sales volume of the hawker's businesses before and after the relocation. This paper also offers recommendations regarding the availability of alternative market space that is acceptable by the Local Government and convenient for both the hawkers and customers to improve and stabilize incomes of hawkers.