In Summary
- Traders who spoke to Ghetto Radio now claim that the temporary guards they had hired to keep guard at the market have all gone missing
- According to Njiira the disappearing act pulled by the guards must have been highly connected with the fire.
A section of traders from Toi market are now accusing the market guards of being behind the fire that razed down property worth millions of shillings on Sunday morning.
Traders who spoke to Ghetto Radio now claim that the temporary guards they had hired to keep guard at the market have all gone missing .
Bernard Njira who is in charge of security at the market says that the guards have all gone missing and are not picking their calls.
“We are suspecting that the incident was planned because our Maasai guards have all gone missing and are not picking our calls,” said Njiira.
According to Njiira the disappearing act pulled by the guards must have been highly connected with the fire.
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Smaller fire points
He says that he was alerted about the fire incident at 1 am and just when they were looking for appropriate ways of dealing with the fire, other smaller fire points erupted quickly spreading to the other parts of the market.
“Today at 1 am, I received a call that Toi market is on fire, I immediately left the house and just when were seeking ways of curbing the fire, we noticed that other points also erupted with fire which quickly spread to other shops and stalls,” he said.
More than 2,000 traders were affected by the fire incident at Toi market.
Fire fighters also reportedly arrived late after the fire had razed down many stalls and shops.
The traders are now appealing to the County Government for financial support and help to rebuild their businesses.
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