Princesslumy

Been born in a country Tanzania I would like to talk about our big market in Dar-es salaam. It was a beautiful country which people are always kindly and hard workers to raise the country economy. One of the places that I remember perfectly for both good and bad memories is Kariakoo. This is the place where thee is a great market.


A small history of as found in wikipidea is Kariakoo is an area of the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in the Ilala district. In earlier centuries, it was a small village that was frequently raided by slave traders. Thousands of people were kidnapped from Kariakoo and forced into slavery in the Americas.

The name Kariakoo is the corrupted translation of "Carrier Corps" as during the German rule, the carrier corps used to reside in that area. Carrier means [Karia] and Corps = [Koo]

Kariakoo is mainly known for its extensive market that consumes numerous city blocks. Agricultural goods, house wares, and many other items can be found there, such as 'knock-off' apparel found in small shops peripheral to the market



Kariakoo is located in Dar-es-salaam and is the name for both the place and the markets, which are found in that place. This big market contains all kind of shops, services, and business that once you reach there you will finish all your needs before getting home, or searching for other place for shopping or services.

Most of the families, which leave in Dar-es-salaam, believe in Kariakoo for all family purpose shopping.

The major problem that Kariakoo the place of Tanzanian people is unsanitary of the place. It has been hard for our poor government to maintain the hygiene of the place which millions of Dar-es-salaam residency depend on.

As mentioned above Kariakoo, I the center place for both retail and wholesale things. One could also get fast food services in bars, kiosks and restaurants found in Kariakoo. Another point that makes Kariakoo a good place to consider shopping is the availability of varieties of things found in there so it provides much choose to the product that a consumer needs to buy. While also considering availability of things to buy a customer of Kariakoo is more likely to buy many things in a fair price since in Kariakoo since is a government place for marketing and doing business one could consider buying many things by having a bargain with the seller to afford things which he or she can’t afford.

Kariakoo in Dar-es-salaam Tanzania faces a huge problem of hygiene, which makes customers who buy things there to get disease. The huge disease problem facing Kariakoo is cholera known as [kipindupindu]. This disease is cause by stagnant water bodies along the way of food and fruits venders. The stagnant water might have carried bacteria or even other microorganism that makes the place dirty for trading and the lead of micros production. This problem has been a chaos to all residency and customers who reach Kariakoo, and found such unsanitary condition while it is one of the well-known markets in all of East Africa for the qualities mentioned above.

Since Kariakoo is our dependant place as Tanzania for shopping I do believe there is no other place which it could compare it to reach the same qualities that mentioned for Kariakoo. Other markets in comparison are not as big, fast services and cheap compare to Kariakoo. Kariakoo is the market place which I was raised knowing going there for all our home shopping including food, clothes and other home facilities. I would like to address my concern to the place where nearly almost 92% of Dar-es salaam residency go and shop in Kariakoo for both business and personal needs. I would love if a donor would appear to save the place since many people get sick out of the dirty environment condition, and by guarantee that it is a government place so nobody feels concerned with the contribution to the repairing and making it a better place for people who come and buy things.

The condition could be seen from the attached pictures shows how polluted the marketing area is, especial in consideration of how many consumers buy and eat the same food and fruits which are located near those dirty sewage water or sedimentary water from rain.

Therefore Dar-es salaam as a big city of Tanzania needs help with its big market area called KARIAKOO.