Fitness: Afternoons are for workouts for Nakuru women traders

Their work leaves many of the women unfit and exposed to weight-related diseases (Photo: Harun Wathari/Standard)

The chatter, hooting and the unending din as buyers haggle for better prices with sellers is what defines most markets in Kenya. Wakulima Wholesale Market in Nakuru is no different. But there is a different noise sweeping through this market, popular for its fresh farm produce.

Every afternoon, chances are high that you will be hit by a ball than falling farm products being unloaded from delivery trucks. Here, women traders are taking their health more seriously and are working out to keep fit. Because they spend half of the day seated as they wait for customers, afternoons are now spent on workouts at the workplace.