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Did You Know? Rats gave birth to Nai’s Biashara Street

Biashara Street

There are no bars along Nairobi’s Biashara Street — just banks, baby shops and a few outlets selling tourist souvenirs. There is the odd ‘Exhibition,’ but Biashara Street remains the city’s ‘Baby Avenue.’ If you spot a guy, man solo, sauntering into those shops, just know the wife of ‘Baba Mtu’ called demanding a new mkebe of Naan baby powder milk.

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