The inside story of deserted, idle ‘white elephant’ markets

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The Job Ndugai Market in Dodoma. PHOTO | FILE

Dar es Salaam. Several multi-billion-shilling markets meant to elevate small-scale traders by shifting them from informal spaces are now gathering dust across the country, The Citizen can report.

From Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, many of these investments are largely deserted, leaving local authorities with idle assets and businesses with unfulfilled promises of growth.