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How Nairobi traffic jam helped me tick off my 2025 reading list

From left: Joy Thuku, PR specialist at communications firm Burson in Nairobi; Henry Mwangangi, freelance voice-over artist; and Emily Kithae, PR and communications strategist at Service Design Consultancy Marathon—all avid book readers.

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By  Kabui Mwangi

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Every year, ardent readers have a list of books to read or podcasts to listen to. Perhaps 30 to 50 books a year. But where is the time

A growing number of Kenyans are now turning Nairobi’s greatest frustration, hours lost in traffic jams, into something useful.

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