Mtumba bras built me a house, educated my kids- Mama Thuku a second hand undergarments supplier

Mama Thuku. She makes over Sh100,000 from selling second hand bras

• The bra- It holds, covers, restrains or reveals a woman’s precious pair of jugs. The bra could be strapless, full or half cups, push-up, ‘plunge,’ or of the ‘lift and separate’ variety
• Mama Thuku’s business has been booming thanks to women’s preference for the second hand undergarments
• She started off as a hawker in Nairobi Community Area, now she makes over 100k a month, has educated her children, built a home for her family

You know what they say? A woman can never have enough of bras. Celebs like Neomi Ng’ang’a have previously told this paper that they have more bras than clothes.

What Nairobi women will not tell you is how much they love mtumba bras. And no, it is not because of a ‘tight budget’, it is a deliberate preference for second-hand undergarments which they claim are cheaper and more durable than new ones.