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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.
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