For nearly twenty years, this bustling marketplace has been Bentar Obwar’s domain, two decades of haggling with a rhythmic rise and fall of her voice calling out customers. Hawking tomatoes, onions, avocados and bananas, at 43 years of age she has etched a map of life’s journey on her face, yet her spirit remains as vibrant as the Tomatoes she sells.

Bentar isn’t just a vendor, she is the embodiment of Kibera’s entrepreneurial spirit and an architect of her own destiny, an epitome of content, this isn’t just a stall for her, it’s a testament of her grit and tenacity, With every coin that clinks her tin cup every note she pockets, she takes notes of the good and bad days. On the good days she rings up her sales and has been able to launch a future for her children and grandchildren, putting them through school, their laughter a sweeter melody than any market haggling. The bad days she experiences low sales, but for twenty years, she has known that a bad day does not mean a bad season.