By ANITA CHEPKOECHMore by this AuthorAt Gikomba market, north of Nairobi’s downtown, women and men tussle for the classiest of second-hand (mitumba) underwear from a bale freshly opened by wholesale traders. That Gikomba is the largest mitumba market in Kenya is not in dispute. But the puzzle is that in the larger business, the trade in undergarments seems to have a life of its own. At the market, the men too are in numbers, although some women purchase them for their significant others. PREFERENCESIt is weird to ask a question as personal as what kind of underwear one prefers donning, particularly men.

Source: Daily Nation January 26, 2020 06:11 UTC