Category: The Humans Project.

Tom looks like a man whom you’d trust to feed you. He has a warm welcoming smile, and a very calm manner about him, like someone who knows what he needs to know and he is okay with that. And what Tom knows, is onions. He has his set up at Marikiti Market, the source of most of the food that Nairobi and its close environs eat.

When you walk into the compound where Ghetto Classics in Korogocho is located, an energetic joy hits you. It’s loud and lively, and a large number of people in the compound are young, aged between pre-teens to early adulthood. 

There’s a lot of ways to be with each other, and the Kenyan protests in June and July — started by the a rejection of the Finance Bill 2024, but also encompassing all the other issues we face, from lack of proper and affordable healthcare, education, staggering levels of corruption, steep taxation, and many more — served as a testament to what it truly means to be with each other.