Neville Omondi, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Nairobi,Kenya
As more and more Kenyans are unable to afford new pairs of shoes due to rampant inflation, cobblers in the capital Nairobi are making extra profit as old shoes are massively brought to them for mending.
Silas Musyoka is cobbler working near Korogocho, one of the many urban slums in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. He has a wife and 3 children who depend entirely on his business. He earns about a dollar in a single day. To him one dollar a day is a huge improvement since compared to his earning in previous months.
Musyoka has been in this trade for two year. He is among those who ran away from the drought-affected east to Nairobi, hoping to find a paradisiacal life there.
