Ship captain turned Holy Communion maker

Mugo Keiyoro

“I was seated next to a madman in church one day. When it was time for Holy Communion, he dipped his hand in the bowl and came out with a hand-full of wafers. He then dropped them back in and the bowl was passed on,” says 35-year-old Mugo Keiyoro.

This happened during the 90s, at the height of the HIV and Aids epidemic, and infected people could easily be identified by the scars on their lips and mouths. Very little was known about the condition then, and sharing the same Holy Communion cup with a person with open sores felt life-threatening. This memory imprinted in young Mugo’s mind and later as an adult, it would launch him into his entrepreneurship journey.