handcart Stories

Life behind the load: The hard road travelled by mkokoteni pushers
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jun 15, 2025

As they packed towering stacks of fruits and vegetables into a cart, the pace of life around them was fast and unrelenting. “Time is money here,” Esth...

Eastleigh’s handcart pushers doing the donkey work in urban transport
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 20, 2024

Scenes of men pulling them as others are packed outside shops waiting to deliver supplies are the order of the day here.

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