Boiling maize takes my children to school: says single-mum, businesswoman
May 17th 2021 at 13:28:10 GMT +0300 It’s about 2pm on a hot Wednesday afternoon when we meet Lydia Moraa Omari, boiling maize in a big sufuria near Stage Mpya area off Outering Road in Pipeline Ward. Sweat droplets stream down her face as she adds more firewood into the hot burning jiko; some passers-by stop and stare while others laugh and shake their head. Moraa, 28, is unabashed by these curious onlookers because she understands what the hustle means to her. Thanks to this business, the single mother of two girls has rented a single room in the city, her kids go to school and she has b...