More pain for Gikomba traders after another fire incident

According to reports the fire broke out at Jua Kali area razing down shedloads of stalls, with traders now calling for a lasting solution to the perennial fires.

Meanwhile, traders and firefighters are at the scene in efforts to put out the inferno.

Over the years, a number of fires have ravaged Gikomba market, East Africa's largest open market. 

In October 2017, the government said that it had laid a Ksh.19 billion blueprint to construct a multi-storey market where the more than 20,000 Gikomba traders were to be accommodated as well as ensure an end to the frequent fires.

The plan has yet to be implemented.