More than 20 years ago, Paul Nyongesa moved to the city to eke out a living. He started small, doing menial jobs at Gikomba market, saving every penny earned. Then one day, his friend showed him space ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The June 28 fire that destroyed buildings and shelters. At least 15 people died. On the ...

Discarded textiles pose serious environmental and health risks. Many fast-fashion garments contain plastics and harmful chemicals that don't break down. Open-air burning of these clothes releases ...

Last week I began the first of a two-part series on how Gikomba market is the exemplification of Kenya’s entrepreneurial spirit. The only time the word “poverty” should be used in the same sentence as ...

• The fire engulfed a section of the Gikomba Market near the mitumba section. • Some of the traders blamed the Nairobi Metropolitan Service and City Hall for arriving at the scene late, after ...

Interior Secretary Fred Matiang’i has deported seven Chinese nationals found trading illegally in Gikomba market after an exclusive Business Daily story. The story revealed the presence of Chinese ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A young boy carrying metal to sell walks past destroyed buildings after a fire burnt through part of Gikomba ...

Rescue workers and traders in Kenya are assessing the wreckage of the fire that killed at least 15 people at Gikomba market in the capital, Nairobi. More than 70 people were also injured in the blaze, ...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has promised support for victims of the fire in Gikomba. Uhuru has also assured thorough investigations and measures to prevent similar incidents in future. At least 15 people ...

Wetin be like another sad day happen on Friday 6 October, 2017 for di second largest cloth market for Africa wey be Gikomba market inside Kenya Di fire wey start for morning burn so tey eight hours ...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered an investigation into a fire that swept through Kenya's largest open-air market and carried on burning for eight hours, destroying goods worth thousands of dollars ...