State favours big businesses even as Jua Kali wheels economy

The informal sector offers businesses an environment where they can pay low rent or no rent at all, dodging taxes and avoiding the many red tapes put around formal companies by the State.

A black Sedan making rounds in Nairobi early morning looking for parking space finds an empty lot along Muindi Mbingu Street and eases into it. For Sh200 the car will be parked on the plot guarded for a whole day.

What the motorist did not know was that just a week ago, a makeshift stall stood where his car was parked.