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Why rural folk beat Nairobians in entrepreneurship

Men push handcart from Wakulima market in Nairobi on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.[Collins Kweyu, Standard]

I recently overheard a conversation in which a Nairobian — born and bred in the capital — was complaining that rural folks (watu wa shaggs) find them in town and beat then at entrepreneurship.

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