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A glimpse into Kenya's billion shillings wee hour-business oiling the economy

 

Traders at Marikiti Market, Nairobi

Nairobi is a ghost town at 2.30am. Except for a distant howl of a hound or a croaky snore from a sleeping quarter, the country’s capital city is as silent as a graveyard at these wee hours.

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