We are not goons, say auctioneers as they struggle to shed off dubious tag

David Winston holds his bid during the auction of planes by the Kenya Airports Authority after previous owners abandoned them at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya November 17, 2021. [Reuters]

There is nothing flattering that comes to mind when someone mentions an auctioneer.

They are seen as the devil’s advocate; they reap where they did not sow. Yet theirs, as Maurice Osundwa, an auctioneer says, is a business like any other.