A woman smoking shisha in Nairobi. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]

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Tribeka club in Nairobi is set to lay off a good number of its employees after the ban of shisha smoking by the government.

According to the club's manager Bill Oyoo, they reached the decision due to the huge drop of income expected in days without shisha sales.

Oyoo revealed that they make over three million from the now forbidden sales.

“We sell most of our shisha on Thursday when we host a reggae night. Reggae fans flock the club between Thursday and Saturday nights when we make more than Sh800,000 on shisha sales,” Oyoo said as reported by Nation.

“We have attendants responsible for mixing the tobacco with the different flavours, preparing the coal, regulating the smoke and serving the pot to customers,” he said.

Although he said they will keep monitoring and following up the matter, their immediate course of action is to comply with the government.

“We expect the patrons to keep inquiring about shisha, but a government directive has to be complied with despite the economic consequences,” Oyoo said.

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