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The man who built Kenya’s grain handling

By Morris Aaron

 A deep husky voice reverberates along his office corridors at the Grain Office — the headquarters of Grain Bulk Handlers Limited (GBHL) — is an obvious fact.

That voice is that of Mohammed Jaffer, 62, the brain behind GBHL, also called chairman by his junior staff.

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