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Auteur : Nathan Kariuki

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Street Vendors Associations in Kenya: Political or Economic Resource?

Nathan KARIUKI. Mambo! Vol. XIX (4), 2022. Street vending plays a crucial role in the urban economy in most countries, especially in the Global South. This paper focuses on street vendors associations in Thika town in Kenya. The article asks whether street vendors associations play a role of economic and political empowerment and which role exactly.