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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> When Kisumu County Government closed Kibuye market a month ago, the mission was to reduce congestion and the accompanying risk of coronavirus infections.<\/p>\n

However, the objectives of the closure fly in the face of the sordid state of the\u00a0new\u00a0site picked for wholesale traders shut out of Kibuye.If Kibuye was a coronavirus time bomb, the\u00a0new\u00a0site in a minefield.Last month, Governor Anyang\u2019 Nyong\u2019o ordered the closure of all open-air\u00a0markets\u00a0in what he said was one way of reducing the risk of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Traders in Kibuye were the most affected, as the\u00a0market\u00a0which sits on 12 acres is the largest in the region, serving at least 20,000 people every\u00a0market\u00a0day.<\/p>\n

Some traders were moved to\u00a0markets\u00a0within Kisumu\u2019s estates, while others folded up their businesses after failing to get a place.Last week, the governor offered two acres adjacent to Moi Stadium as an alternative place for traders affected by Kibuye\u00a0market\u2019s\u00a0closure.<\/p>\n

But the\u00a0new\u00a0site has since become another crowded field, perhaps even more crowded than Kibuye.A visit by\u00a0The Standard<\/em>\u00a0revealed business as usual, as traders and customers jammed the field in total disregard for social distancing, regarded as key in stopping the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

Traders have between 6am and 1pm to do their trade at the\u00a0new\u00a0market, which has contributed to the scramble for space.\u201cAt Kibuye\u00a0market, we had a whole day to sell our goods, but now the time is limited and every trader and customer has to fight for space to buy or sell within the short period,\u201d said Joy Auma, a tomato seller.<\/p>\n

Although the\u00a0new\u00a0site\u2019s three entry points have been fitted with water tanks for anyone accessing the\u00a0market\u00a0to wash their hands, the congestion inside the\u00a0market\u00a0makes even the best of hand washing futile.<\/p>\n

Courting coronavirus<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the middle of the heat generated by overcrowding and the direct sun, many traders and customers find it hard to keep their masks on.<\/p>\n

Many only wear them while getting into the\u00a0market\u00a0and quickly pull them down once inside the small space jammed with humanity and farm produce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no shade here. This is an open field and the direct sun makes the grounds burn; wearing a mask throughout is too uncomfortable,\u201d said one trader.Both customers and traders say Kibuye was better and safer, and that the\u00a0new\u00a0site might just be a coronavirus time bomb.<\/p>\n

\u201cKibuye was big, people would access the areas they want and leave, as opposed to this ground which is too small and we are all expected to fit in within this short period,\u201d says Marcy Atieno, one of the\u00a0new\u00a0market\u2019s\u00a0customers.On the fringes of the\u00a0new\u00a0market\u00a0site looms another health disaster – Kachok dumpsite – the main waste disposal site for the entire lakeside city.<\/p>\n

Waste disposal trucks roar through the\u00a0market\u00a0to dump solid waste adjacent to the\u00a0new\u00a0ground.The stench from the dumpsite wafts through the\u00a0market, mixing with that of sweating bodies and farm produce.Fresh food vendors now fear that the site\u2019s proximity to the dumpsite poses a greater health risk than coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stench from the dumpsite is chocking, and the street children milling around scavenging and roaming through the\u00a0market\u00a0makes the situation more grave,\u201d says another trader.<\/p>\n

There are no toilet facilities at the\u00a0new\u00a0site, and\u00a0 traders, customers and transport service providers share the few available ones inside Moi Stadium.County Director of Communication Aloyce Ager yesterday admitted that overcrowding was becoming a major challenge at the\u00a0new\u00a0market\u00a0site.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Ager, all the traders operating at Kibuye\u00a0market\u00a0were allocated spaces within other\u00a0markets\u00a0in the estates, and that the\u00a0new\u00a0site near Moi Stadium was only allocated to wholesalers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Kibuye had a wholesale section and there was no available space to relocate them, we decided to give them space at the stadium where they would bring their wares and sell to retailers within some limited time. The retailers would then move to the designated\u00a0markets,\u201d said Ager.But the retailers locked out of Kibuye will have none of this. They too descended on the\u00a0new\u00a0market\u00a0site, making it difficult to tell who is a wholesaler and who is not.<\/p>\n

Scramble for space<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Ager, many retailers have since abandoned their\u00a0new\u00a0spaces in estate\u00a0markets\u00a0and joined the scramble for space at the\u00a0new\u00a0stadium site, leading to overwhelming congestion.\u201cThe notion among our traders that they have to follow customers is the biggest challenge.<\/p>\n

They do not believe that they can be stationed at a particular\u00a0market\u00a0and clients will go to them. They think they have to go to the open spaces to follow the clients,\u201d he said.Ager said the county has deployed enforcement officers to ensure adherence to anti-coronavirus regulations and that only wholesalers operate from the\u00a0new\u00a0market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: When Kisumu County Government closed Kibuye market a month ago, the mission was to reduce congestion and the accompanying risk of coronavirus infections. 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