Traders from Nyagasambu market located in Rwamagana district have decried the poor hygiene conditions of the market yet they always contribute for the market’s cleaning.
Cleaners paid to clean the market to collect garbage and waste which they then dump in the market proximities which repels away buyers.
Innocent Byiringiro, a vendor of clothes in the market, told IGIHE how the poor hygiene increases losses. “Buyers always get disgusted as they approach the market, complaining of a smelly environment. When it rains, a pond forms by. We wonder why such inaction remains yet we are always requested to pay cleaning fees,” he said.
Fiston Rwabukwisi, another vendor in the market also wondered why poor hygiene remains while they pay Rwf100 daily in addition to monthly taxes of Rwf 4000.
Some of them are worried poor hygiene will breed diseases. They requested local leaders to address the matter.
The mayor of Rwamagana district, Abdul Karim Uwizeyimana has said that the matter has persisted for long. However, he said that they are seeking how to address the matter as they await to modernize the market.
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