Browsing: Kariakoo traders

• Kariakoo Traders from Tanzania are striking against higher taxes heaped on them by the authorities.
• The government has however assured the traders on the safety of their property.
• Unlike tear gas and fights in neighbouring Kenya that have caught global attention, Tanzania’s strike is rather less chaotic.

“No more taxes and the strike is the only apparatus we have to get what we want and the way forward” says Frank, a merchant and trader in the Tanzania’s open market pulse, Karikoo. Frank and like most of his peers, often young people, who invested significantly in stores that charge over $220 rent per month – is forced to see his investment wither by the day, as tax revolt intensifies.

Thanks to social media, the traders circulated a message on June 22, 2024 that directs all traders in Kariakoo to close their businesses, including their shops, offices and any other activities …