Kenyan polio-disabled men run payphones off their wheelchairs
This Dutch TV report hosted by Ruud Elmendor covers two Kenyan men in wheelchairs (they lost the use of their legs due to polio) who have started a mobile pay-phone business, using phones attached to their chairs. They started the business as an alternative to begging, which is difficult due to police rousts; however, operating an unlicensed wheelchair phone is also subject to police hassles.
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