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Kenya's hustle culture: How youth juggle jobs to stay afloat

By Juliet Omelo | 2h ago

Brian Otieno,a Kenyan youth juggling multiple jobs to survive the hush economic times.[Juliet Omelo,Standard]

Every morning at 6 a.m., 27-year-old Brian Otieno rides his boda boda through the busy streets of Nairobi, ferrying passengers before heading to his second hustle of selling thrifted clothes on Instagram.

By evening, he is delivering fast food orders for an app-based company.

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