The clever women of soko mjinga market

Traders at the Soko Mjinga market along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru highway

 

• The market was nicknamed soko mjinga due to the ridiculously low prices
• The prices come down if the traders see a potential customer walking away

You must have seen them, the women of soko mjinga who chase down motorists daily with buckets full of carrots, potatoes and other fresh produce on the foggy Kinare area along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

These mothers and their daughters have mastered the  art of ambushing and enticing motorists and passengers, who all along, have nicknamed the area ‘soko mjinga’ (foolish market) due to the ridiculous low prices they charge for their produce sourced from  nearby farms.