Timothy Nyangoka is a sugar cane hawker in Nairobi's Kibera slum with the help of his cart commonly referred to as a mkototeni.
Nyangoka moves around the slum selling his merchandise to locals of the area. His job begins as early as 8 in the morning. You would be shocked that people actually consume sugar cane that early.
The young trader says he wakes up as early as 7 a.m to go and pick the sugar cane from the suppliers all the way in Laini Saba area. He pushes the cart moving within Kibera slums to sell.
When a customer buys sugar cane, he goes ahead to chop into pieces with a packet going for as low as sh10. I chop sugarcane into pieces and sell at Kshs. 10 for every five pieces. in a day
Nyangoka says he is not only restricted to selling cane. He confessed that if a customer wanted to hire his cart for a special job, he does it at a reasonable fee.
He acknowledges that at times the work is hard and tiring not forgetting harassments from the city council as well as being looked down on by people for the job he does. However, that does not deter the young vendor. He says he enjoys what he does. He is even planning to further his studies once he raises enough money for fees.