A year on, Kenyans don’t have enough money to stay afloat

Women from Tetu, Nyeri county receive chicken, blankets and chick mash from CEO of Team Adonai Ephantus Thuku during the poverty eradication project, on June 28,2018. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Ann (not her real name) has closed her liquor store in one of Nairobi’s middle-income estates. It all started last year when customers stopped coming. The few that braved on wanted to drink on credit. They would then pay at the end of the month when they got their salaries.

At first, these few patrons gave her the cash flow she needed to stay afloat. She used this cash to offset her overhead costs including rent, electricity and water. She also used the cash to re-stock.