Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno addresses the press, January 15, 2018. [Photo|Uasin Gishu County Government]The County Government of Uasin Gishu has to condemned claims that it has been profiling and frustrating business people from certain ethnicities.Attention was drawn by allegations circulating in social media that the County government does not give hawkers equal environment to do business.Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno, speaking after visiting Town and Kahoya Hawkers' markets on Monday, stated the following;1. The County Government of Uasin Gishu has been actively offering conducive business environment for business people.2. In addition to building and improving market shelters in urban centres across the county, the County Government of Uasin Gishu has been lending low interest loans to hawkers' groups.3. The three major hawkers' groups doing business in Eldoret have been given space in the markets, an exercise supervised by the groups' officials.4. All the hawkers operating in Eldoret are pooled in groups, regardless of ethnic and political inclination. Up to 5600 hawkers are registered in groups, and they have space in the modern shelters constructed by the County Government of Uasin Gishu.5. The County Government of Uasin Gishu has established multi-billion markets that were to shelter and ensure that hawkers leave the streets and utilize the modern spaces.6. Some cartels, who are always revolting against the County, are selling drugs and illicit alcohol within the market space. A few hawkers who have complied with the regulations, confirmed this, saying County enforcement officers have often had a rough time trying to flush them out.7. Whereas the County Government of Uasin Gishu wishes to support and boost trade, certain conditions have to be met, including abiding by the set regulations, among them selling in designated areas.8. Other political leaders from other counties should stop meddling with issues of Uasin Gishu, since they are bringing issues of tribalism, which the country is trying to shun, day in day out.

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