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The  Increase Number of Illegal Street Vander  affect 6   kilo  Residents

Resident  live in gulela sub city worda 3 6 kilo area clam that the increase prevalence of illegal street vender becomes a big problem for them. The resident said that the noise created by the vender is main problem is resulting environment sound pollution in addition to this the explain that the increasing number of illegal street vender is contributing to traffic jump in the area and intern causing street which is not sweetabel to transportation. Mastewal Abebe one of resident of 6 kilo area said that the prevalence this vender has-re effect.’’ Yes it has effect for example it create traffic jump that lead is to difficulty for movement and transportation. It also creates noise that is created when the vender called prices and promote they goods and commodities. In some resident says some code enforcers are not increasing doing their job properly. In that they simply tolerate and live illegal vender whey I thought taking any measure even when they see them. Ato daniale tafer one of the illegal streets vender in 6 kilo area say that they doing this job because this is the only way theperuse lovely hood .in that it is costly to legalized them self.

“to work in a market or to open a shop it require a lot of thing such as capital and material , but on street it is simple to bring  commodity to sale , in fact it  caused problem but’ we have to work since it is the only way to peruse lovely hood. Daineal add that it has no effect at all. ‘’ it has no effect because we seller commodity that are small in number.’’ He also explain what thing the solution is ‘’ if a government facilitate for us we are willing to work legale. Ato cherenet alemu coordinator of inforsement office of guleli sub city werda 3 explain that office are working on  this ‘’ to prevent the illgal street veneering our office is working on creating awareness  secondly we mainly follow preventing approaches. Byassuming the officers in the area forinspection. Our measure is to penalized and hide the commodity of venders’’ Ato chernet also addimte the increase in number of illgal strees venders. ‘’ yes the prevalence of illegal street vender is no decreasing but at least it decrease some area of the werda.’’

We asked ato chernet why some code enforcer fall to take measure even while they see the vender ato chernet response about ‘’in our werda on satureday and wensday there are opened area market and Sunday market at legalized the vender this is the only aim we support them. Other than this there is no way we tolerate the doing but sometimes tolerate them way result from weakness of some code enforcers and implementation problem despite the same regulation we have.’’ The coordinator said this about their next move ‘’ our first move is to create awareness we have worked on this so fare and we will keep on it. Beside we will work on enforcing the code and other than this we will follow different progress that we receive from a higher herrace’’ it is know that 6 kilo one of the major area of the city and where Addis Ababa main compose