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Kariakoo traders continue strike on the second day
What you need to know:
- The Citizen’s team in Kariakoo witnesses several shops closed with the traders talking in hushed tones in small groups in the usually busy morning hours of the day
Dar es Salaam. Shops in Dar es Salaam’s business hub, Kariakoo, remained closed on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa met traders, promising to provide them solutions to their woes.
The Citizen’s team in Kariakoo witnesses several shops closed with the traders talking in hushed tones in small groups in the usually busy morning hours of the day.
In the meantime, petty traders (Machinga) were having a field day as they capitalized on the closure of shops to sell their merchandise on the verandas of the closed shops.
Yesterday, the traders closed their shops for 12 hours, demanding to see President Samia Suluhu Hassan, whom they say is the only person who can provide a solution to their problems.
The traders are against the arrests made by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and the new Store Registration Act, among other issues.
Yesterday, former Regional Commissioner Amos Makalla arrived at the scene and urged the traders to call off the strike, promising to provide an audience with Prime Minister Majaliwa in Dodoma, something the traders rejected, saying they were tired of political statements and directives.
The businessmen instead wanted the Premier to go to Kariakoo and meet the traders, something the Premier did later in the day, ordering TRA to remove its task force from the trading hub.
"No government official should disrespect the top leader; when the President and Vice President give orders, we at the bottom have to implement them," he said.
