Kenya: Kisumu Jua Kali Artisans Risk Losing Working Space After Kenya Railways Took Back Land

Kisumu — Over 4,000 jua kali artisans in Kisumu are staring at losing their workstation after Kenya Railways Corporation started leasing out the space.

The artisans’ chairman, George Ngwono says they were hosted by the Corporation in a deal with the County Government of Kisumu.

Ngwono says the deal, signed 5 years ago, was temporary as the county government promised to relocate them to a permanent workstation.

The artisans gave out their initial workstation to pave the way for the construction…