Kigali City authorities in collaboration with security authorities have warned Me2u and airtime cards vendors who are not in cooperatives.
It is said that those who are not registered in cooperatives usually cause insecurity when they are being chased run away from police due to doing that business illegally.
Joseline Nyirahabimana, a TIGO vendor pointing a finger at her uniform said that they used to be chased by the authorities but later they stopped.
“The police used to run after every vendor but nowadays they are not running after us, maybe TIGO authority made advocacy for us,” said Nyirahabimana.
Jean Damascene Ntakirutimana another airtime vendor said ; “We are now free to sell our airtimes and Me2u, they have been chasing us but MTN authority made an advocacy hence putting us in cooperatives. MTN gave us all the necessities like ID, this umbrella and the uniform.”
Pierre Kalisa, Nyarugenge Vice Mayor in charge of social affairs said that unlike other vendors, MTN and Tigo airtime vendors around roads have cooperatives in which they are registered.
“Vendors with no cooperatives are to be chased by the security authorities because they cause road insecurity and congestion on other merchandizes,” said Kalisa
He added that the permitted vendors are those found in umbrellas for it must be an address without moving around in roads.
These claims are coming after local authorities and the police are hunting vendors of different merchandizes that have been sensitized to join common markets.
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