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Kenya is importing hustlers and we should celebrate it

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Nairobi is attracting economic immigrants. That could be good for the economy. [XN Iraki, Standard]

It could have passed just as "kanjo" harassing the hawkers, except that the victim was a young boy aged 14 and a Burundian.

How many such boys are working in Kenya, mostly in the informal sector? How did he come to Kenya?

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