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Negelected and thriving: How Peninah carved a niche with hardly plants

Peninah Kathure tending to snake plants at Malaika Green Thumb greenhouse in Rongai, Kajiado County on June 12, 2025.

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

By  Linet Owoko

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

When Peninah Kathure first got her hands into the soil in 2020, she was not seeking to start a business; she was looking for peace.

Overwhelmed by life's pressures and the strains of the national Covid-19 lockdown, she turned to gardening as a form of therapy.

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