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Boda Boda Lady: I ride in Nairobi routes where few dare

Jane Munyiha Boda boda girl from Korogocho during the interview. PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

NAIROBI: A boda boda in Korogocho and Dandora is not news. What is news is seeing a lady maneuver the machine along the slum’s alleys. It is for this reason that each time Jane Munyiha cruises-by with a passenger atop her motorcycle, many stare.

The 20-year-old is however, used to this and it does not deter her from doing her job.

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