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The money minters of Marikiti

A trader pulls a handcart (mkokoteni) loaded with onions at Marikiti market. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

It is 5am and as the corporate half of Nairobi shakes off the last vestiges of sleep, Wakulima Market is already minting its first million of the day.

Tens of trucks squeeze into the dimly lit streets next to the market where hundreds of traders, handcart pullers and all sorts of middlemen await in anticipation.

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