The study was conducted in Dar es Salaam city, using three main
independent methods of data collection that complement each
other: documentary review, in-depth interviews, and Focus
Group Discussions. Purposive sampling technique was applied to
obtain a total of twenty (20) street vendors for (4) FGDs
comprising five (5) participants each, together with eight (8) key
informants for in-depth interviews. Fieldwork for this study was
undertaken at different times between August 2017 and August
- The qualitative data from interviews and FGDs were
analysed through a thematic approach inductively deriving
themes from the data.
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