Shirlene Ishenyi: It felt like the entire population of Kakamega was stuffed in the CBD

Shirlene Ishenyi is a prominent thespian, singer, and TV host. The 21-year-old bilingual fashionista appears to have it all figured out, but she reveals that her experience in Nairobi was a nightmare. “After finishing my secondary school I packed and left for Nairobi. My smart self had secured a scholarship to study French at the Alliance Française.”

In 2018, the bubbly TV personality made it to Nairobi. Her immediate shock was the number of people she saw living on the streets. It felt like the entire Kakamega county population was stuffed in the CBD, she says as she compared the city to her hometown.