If you stop along Kenneth Matiba Road (formerly Accra Road) in Nairobi and ask for Peter Njoroge, no one will assist you. That is because the man who operates tiny office along the busy street is better known by his alias ‘Jahazi’.
Like the popular catchphrase used by Safaricom to allow their customers borrow airtime or bundles, ‘Jahazi’ is popular among hawkers, boda bodas, cart pushers and many others for coming to their rescue thanks to his connection with cops and city county askaris.
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An engineer by profession, Njoroge is coordinator of the Trolley and Handcart Pushers Association, a position he has held for more than five years after he was retrenched by the coming he was working with.