A group of trolley pushers in Nairobi have protested harassment by the county government and accused personnel there of selling confiscated ones to scrap metal dealers.
This is after police traced and recovered 31 trolleys from a scrap metal dealer in Kariobangi.
The trolleys had earlier been confiscated from the pushers by a group of County Government personnel in an operation.
Police said the trolley handlers had complained the tools were confiscated from them on January 18 in the downtown area.
The trolleys are popular in the area as they are used in transporting goods.
The handlers visited the County yard along Haille Sellasie Avenue but were unable to find them.
The officials at the yard denied knowledge of the operation.
Police said an investigation led them to a scrap metal dealer yard where 31 trolleys were recovered.
At least 22 of them were intact while nine had been dismembered.
The team recovered the trolleys and arrested the dealer as part of the probe into the incident.
Police said they are investigating the incident to establish who was behind the same.
The county officials have denied knowledge of the same. The county officials have been taking measures to bring order to downtown Nairobi.
This includes moving hawkers from the main streets. Matatu operators are also being targeted in the exercise.
This may have prompted the move to target the trolley pushers.
