Hawkers!

ya i know, looks like i've come back 4m the great beyond....
was jus thinking the other day wea that word came from...hawkers. My knowledge of a hawk is a predatory bird with superior hunt&kill skills,like lightening coming in for the kill. Before u know it,it's made of with that piece of chicken you were raising to ur gaping mouth...quite a common feature at Kenyan weddings!
Hawkers in the CBD operate in much the same way. The appear out of nowhere and pester u to buy their goods.The particularly aggresive ones are those on the highways. They strike at peak traffic hours,during jams. And many a motorist have lost their belongings to these wolves in sheep wear.
Ours are the only hawkers in the world who demand it as their right to sell their wares in the city centre. Do you know anywhere else that this happens? I support the government in their decision to relocate these guys out of town. It may seem cruel, but thats the only way. My opinion was cemented when i saw a very funny incident. Was walking down Tom Mboya St near Afya house (i dont advise it, that place is a war zone with muggers lurking). A bus was negotiating the corner to get into the bus park. Now knowing such large vehicles they need to be given room to do this. As the driver was swinging out as is necessary, some women selling tomatoes and stuff started screaming as they jumped out of the way. They then pelted the bus with the tomatoes while hurling unprintables in vernacular. Note, they had laid their tomatoes on the road.
What you guys think?