Vendors bemoan exorbitant licensing fees at new Mbare Musika market

THE Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) has called on authorities to reduce vending licensing fees at the new Mbare Musika Market.According to the association, the reduction will bring sanity and order within the informal sector in the face of increasing clashes between vendors and local authorities.Various reports and investigations have shown that the newly-erected market is fast turning into a white elephant as most vendors resort to selling at undesignated places due to high costs.

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