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Elite Hawkers

City residents walk past hawkers outside Lyric House on Kimathi Street, Nairobi, on February 9, 2021.

| Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group

The untouchable elite hawkers of Nairobi

There are hawkers, and then there are elite hawkers of Nairobi.

The latter operate like owners of the streets in the city centre.