2020’s false hope for Jua Kali artisans as 2021 turns into pain

Meshack Odhiambo Otieno, a Juja based welder during an interview with The Standard. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Outside Beba Beba Trade Centre, along Tom Mboya Street, Nairobi, hundreds of commuters queue, hoping the next bus to Kasarani’s Mwiki will not be that long. It is around seven o’clock in the evening, and panic is setting in. Curfew begins in an hour.