Once a farmer, it was the death of Mbambu's husband ten years ago that forced her to find a new way to support her six children in a city where the majority of people live in extreme poverty on less than $1.90 a day.
According to the United Nations, documented cases of sexual violence in the east of the country rose 34% last year. The novelty of a woman riding a motorbike taxi has won Mbambu loyal clients, but also saved her life."They were dressed in red blood-stained clothes and wanted to harm me, but when they noticed that I was a woman on a motorbike, they got very surprised and urged me to go on with my journey."
Since launching her business, Mbambu has picked up a number of regulars, with many women preferring her services to take them to and from the market."My mum’s job helps us get food, education, clothes, medicine and a lot more," said her daughter Neema Mandefu.
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