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Chicken butchers for hire reap profits from little-known idea

Margret Wanjiru slaughters chicken at Muruguru village in Nyeri, October 16, 2022. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

"In a day, I can slaughter 300 chickens alone. I charge between Sh8 to Sh10 per chicken," Kibe says, adding that the number of chickens to be slaughtered determines the number of butchers he works with in a day.

Most of the chickens the group slaughters are taken to City Market in Nairobi where hoteliers pick them on order. Kibe says in a good day, they slaughter up to 3,000 chickens.

The entrepreneur says they start their day at 4pm and finish at about 11pm when all the slaughtered bird are packed into a van for delivery to Nairobi.