Overlooked handcarts essential to Nairobi business
Overlooked handcarts essential to Nairobi business May 15th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300 The mkokoteni is a key pillar of the informal business not only in the heart of Nairobi but also other major Kenyan urban centres and towns as well. The handcarts are easily available and a cheap means for traders to ferry heavy goods from one place to another. The carts are hauled by young men desperate to put food on the table. At any given moment in time, thousands of handcarts will hit the road, ladden with farm produce and all manner of retail goods and luggage, the men toiling and sweating in the sun...