Second hand cloth sellers have decried loses due to low sales.
Speaking to this writer at DC market on Tuesday, the traders said the business has gone down due to the opening of schools as most parents channel their monies to fees and absent youth.
"Our business has been really affected due to the opening of schools. Our target customers were youths who have now opened schools making it hard for us to sell the remaining stock. Also, many parents are busy looking for school fees and this has stopped them from prioritising clothes for their children," said Allan Kamau.
Faith Wafula said she had made friendship with high school students who used to buy her stock and this boosted her income.
"All my customers are now back in school. I have to start making new customers which will take time," said Faith.
The business people have been forced to lower prices to motivate customers.
"We have lowered the prices because we are targeting to get more customers. Although January is known as a toughest month for many people, we are trying to make it a cheap month by lowering the prices. As business people, we urge Kibera residents to come buy the clothes because they are now being sold at a better price,"said Kamau.