Beautician rebuilds slum business after poll violence

Pedro Otinga has always wanted to start a beauty and hair plaiting training school for slum youth but has had moments of doubt, none greater than when his business was destroyed in the violence following the 2017 general elections.

The business was less than a year old. It did not matter to him that he ran it out of a shack. It was wholly his and his ticket to the actualisation of his dreams long-nurtured during his schooling days at Vera Beauty college in 2016. He had particularly perfected skills on how to braid women and fix locks.