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How broke, jobless Nairobians are making money in 2022

For Nairobians without a formal job, the hustle is real and they have to employ every trick in the book to earn a living. Variously described as shamba la mawe, the city is a tough place for someone without a source of income, yet he has to survive. Thus every morning, many Nairobians leave their homes to engage in these strange jobs, some of them barely legit.

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