ZANZIBAR, Jan. 8 -- ENTREPRENEURS in Kengeja, Mkoani District, have been urged to abandon unsafe roadside trading and relocate to modern markets designed to improve their working conditions and livelihoods.

The call was made by the Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Dr Riziki Pembe Juma, after laying the foundation stone for the Kengeja Modern Market during celebrations marking the 62nd anniversary of the Zanzibar Revolution.

Dr Pembe said one of the core objectives of the Revolution was to economically empower entrepreneurs by providing safe, organised and dignified trading spaces that enhance the value of their products.

“Trading along roadsides and near drainage systems is no longer acceptable. This is the ti...