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Nairobi Regional Commissioner James Kianda (right) samples some of the mitumba clothing sold in Gikomba market.[Samson Wire,Standard]
Every day, shoppers from different parts of Nairobi throng to the Kamukunji Market, which adjoins the city’s bustling Central Business District.
Mostly low and middle-income consumers, they are lured by an assortment of cheap imported products sold here.
Many of them can’t afford to splurge in the starry shopping malls and exhibitions in the upmarket.
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Next to Kamukunji is Gikomba Market, which also deals in cheap products. At the latter market, you can get branded mitumba ( second-hand) sneakers; clothes, including underwear, jeans and football jerseys; and toys from North America and Europe.