I keep 3,000 kukus on my plot in a slum

Ms Mary Njeri during the interview at her poultry farm at Rhonda, Nakuru. (Photo: Suleiman Mbatiah/Standard)

Rhonda — an informal settlement in Nakuru town — is a typical slum. Rickety timber and mud-thatched houses are neatly squeezed next to each other and dark alley with running dirty water connects the humble structures.

Here hustlers of all kinds — from masons, to salonists, to mama nguo, to cobblers to hawkers and boda boda riders mingle with ease in this small space that is home to more than 20,000 people according to Nakuru County stats.