Nairobi Woman Breaks Down after KSh 2m Stock Is Looted During Protests: “Kila Kitu Imeenda”
- Nairobi businesswoman Yvonne Atieno cried bitterly after losing stock worth KSh 2 million during the Gen Z protests
- Yvonne said she had closed her shop due to the demonstrations and was home when she received a call that shops were being vandalised
- In a tearful video, she shared that she had buried her husband just seven months ago, and had been trying to hold her family together through the business
A businesswoman in Nairobi’s Bus Station area is devastated after losing stock she says was worth KSh 2 million during the Wednesday, June 25, protests.
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Yvonne Atieno tearfully narrated that she was at her home in Ongata Rongai when she received a call from one of her friends informing her that shops around the Bus Station were being vandalised and looted.
The businesswoman quickly contacted a security guard in the area to ask about the condition of her shop, only to receive heartbreaking news.
“I sell brand-new shoes and official wear for ladies. My neighbour, who sells cosmetics just across the road, told me she was monitoring the situation around her shop via CCTV and saw shops being vandalised,” narrated Yvonne.
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She recounted leaving her house immediately, in tears, and heading to town, hoping to save her shop and goods.
“I met several police officers along the way and all of them asked where I was headed. I explained at every stop and they let me through because I was weeping,” said Yvonne.
She shared that some officers offered to hold her belongings, including her phone, to prevent them from being stolen by goons infiltrating the protests.
“I arrived at my shop and it was empty. My stock, worth roughly KSh 2 million, was all gone,” she said amid tears.
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Yvonne Atieno seeks help after shop is looted
Yvonne explained that official wear is very expensive and that she would restock whenever she had some money.
“Any time I get some money, I pump it into the business. This is the first time my shop has been raided,” she explained.
The devastated woman noted that she had taken out loans for the business and that some of the stock had been supplied to her on credit, with a promise to repay once she made sales.
She appealed to Kenyans for help to get back on her feet, stating that the shop was her only source of income and the only way she could support her children’s education.
“I buried my husband seven months ago, and I have been trying so hard to manage my finances through this business to cater for my children’s school fees and upkeep. Now it’s all gone, and starting over is hard,” she said.
She added that one of her children is in their third year at university, while the other is in Grade Four, both of whom need school fees.
Goons loot shops in Trans Nzoia
In other news, TUKO.co.ke reported that several businesspeople in Kitale, Trans Nzoia county, were left counting losses on June 25.
This followed an incident where goons wielding crude weapons took advantage of the calm, as Gen Z did not turn up for protests, and looted shops that had opened.
The chaos prompted the intervention of anti-riot police officers, who lobbed teargas canisters to disperse the group.
Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
