Esther Muchemi laughs a lot. She laughs about the absurd and about things that were once sad but are now no more than a passing pain. She even laughs at genuinely funny things— like when I fumble around, looking for a polite way of telling her that she is shorter than I expected her to be.
You will never find anything like Esther’s office. The Turkish rugs, the abundantly floral tea service and the porcelain figurines all point to the boldness of a woman who has spent the last two decades building Samchi Group— a company that is one of Kenya’s biggest telecommunication dealerships and whose interests extend into real estate, microfinance and hospitality.
