The Batembeyi MUST go.
1. They compete with authentic businesses that actually pay taxes to our Gov’t.
2. KCCA has set up various markets where they can rent stalls and work.
3. We need order in the city. K’la needs to start looking like a capital city.(The very people criticizing Gov’t for sending away hawkers used to complain about our city being dirty)
4. If they are left all over the roads, where can emergency vehicles pass? Let’s assume there is a city-wide fire or a terrorist threat and we need to evacuate downtown K’la in 30 minutes, we don’t even have space where people can run to safety because the pedestrian walkways are clogged with batembeyi.
5. This is not new, street hawking is highly regulated and even outlawed in some cities world over.
We need to protect our down town traders who actually pay taxes and keep our downtown retail economy running from unfair competition.