Traders at Mwembe Tayari market are urging the Mombasa county government to renovate the market which was gutted down by fire over 14 years ago.
The market chairperson Nancy Mamita, on Friday told Baraka FM that for a very long time they had been discriminated by the county government.
“We urge our governor to try and build us a good market, since this market is in the town centre and since fire razed it, it has never been renovated.”Said Nancy.
Nancy complained that despite the market being in a horrible condition, they were paying a lot of levies to the county government.
The market that was once a hub of activity in Mombasa has been reduced mere building that cannot compared to other Markets like Majengo and Mackinnon.