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Muthurwa food market sinks in piles of garbage

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Mounds of garbage at Muthurwa Market, Nairobi, May 23, 2024. [Pkemoi Ng'enoh, Standard]

A section of traders at Muthurwa market in Nairobi are now calling on the County to address the persistent garbage menace marring the market.

For several weeks now, mountains of garbage have been piling up despite pleas by the traders to the City-County to clear the site, which has now attracted scavengers including stray pigs and dogs.

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