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10 odd things sold in Nairobi pubs at night

Nairobi West has retained its reputation as the alcohol headquarters of Nairobi. A rehab nearby is long overdue. Drunkards are famously impulsive, the reason hawkers hover around and about the many bars that are active every day. While it is understandable, for hawkers to sell food, and maybe flowers, there is stuff hawkers peddle which would sit well inside a hardware store in downtown Nairobi than in bar on a Friday night. But it seems in Nairobi West, you can sell everything in a bar, except may be a coffin. Good enough, this is what Nairobi’s famous 24-hour economy is all about.

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