Bangui: Boy-Rabe market is saturated and traffic is heavy

Boy Rabe Market in District 4^th Transportation in the Bangui area has become increasingly difficult, especially at night, as the routes are saturated and difficult to navigate due to the haphazard installation of goods.

The decoration of this Boy-rabe shopping mall leaves something to be desired. Between the cars, other moving vehicles and pedestrians, only the horns encourage the traders to clear the way for their mobile phones. Goods are spread out on the main road while motorcycle taxis wait for customers. Especially with the appearance of caterpillars, the situation becomes worse. The traders are well aware of the dangers, but they are not bothered.

“In God We Trust”

“It’s scary and true because all the accidents that happen here put our lives at risk. But we trust in God. We won’t have many customers inside the market,” Defends shoe seller Privat.

“They have to do it within the standards.”

From one place to another, although there were scenes of pushing and shoving, no serious incidents occurred. For passerby Christine, it would take force to restore order to this market.

“We know that they owe their survival to their activities, but they have to act within the norms. There is too much traffic here, especially with the presidential motorcade passing through there. In my opinion, we have to find a suitable place for them and that is the job of the city hall. If these businessmen refuse to return to the designated place, then it is better to continue with force. She believes.

Faced with what he considered to be total chaos, a motorcycle taxi driver expressed hope that the Brigade of Intervention and Repression (BIR) would be able to restore order to the PK5 and PK12 fighting markets and do the same to the boy-rabe.

“As a motorcycle taxi driver, I see the Boy-rabe market is a mess. People set up shops in whatever way they want to sell. However, big trucks pass through here every day and we are exposed. We want the government to send the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to us like they did in other markets,” He asked.

According to testimonies collected by Radio Ndeke Luka, at least one accident occurs every two days on this route. But so far, no solution has been found for this purpose.

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