Kenya: Food vendors in Nyeri count losses as Catholic beatification fails to yield sales

Daniel Gitau prepares meat at Kikopey Delicacies during the beatification mass of Sister Irene Stefani at Dedan Kimathi University grounds in Nyeri County most vendors recorded poor sales during the ceremony. [PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]

NYERI: They came, they saw and they went away, but it appears they did not eat.

As a result of this, traders, especially food vendors, are counting losses after the much-publicised beatification failed to yield fruits for their ventures.