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DJ Krowbar speaks up for foreign traders, says he has been a foreigner too
08th September, 2026 12:46 AM
DJ Krowbar has spoken up for foreign traders in Kenya, saying he understands their situation because he has also lived as a foreigner in another country.
He was responding to the directive requiring small traders of other nationalities to cease operations, saying people do not leave their homes simply because they want to.
Krowbar explained that he had spent years as a foreigner in another country and therefore understood what it meant to live away from home. He said people often move to other countries to seek opportunities that may not be available in their own countries.
“Last week our president gave a decree for all small traders of other nationalities to leave the country. I have been a foreigner once in another country for years,” DJ Krowbar said on Monday, September 7, 2026.
The DJ said his own experience of living abroad helped him understand why foreigners may choose to move to another country. He explained that people can leave home because they are searching for opportunities, including education and work.
Krowbar questions the treatment of foreign traders
Krowbar said people should not assume that foreigners come to Kenya simply because they prefer to live outside their home countries. He explained that different circumstances can push people to search for better opportunities elsewhere.
“And people don’t leave their country because they want to. We left Kenya because the education we were looking for was not available here,” DJ Krowbar said.
He said the same situation could apply to people from different African countries who come to Kenya looking for opportunities. He specifically mentioned Burundians, Rwandese and Congolese among the foreigners who are in the country.
“And so the Burundians from Burundi and the Rwandese, the Congolese, people who are foreigners are not here because they want to. They are in this country because they are looking for an opportunity,” DJ Krowbar said.
The DJ also questioned how Kenyans living outside the country would be viewed if they were doing small businesses in other countries. He said the movement of people between countries is not limited to foreigners coming to Kenya.
“I mean, how many Kenyans are doing small businesses abroad?” DJ Krowbar said.
He used his own experience as a foreigner to explain why he understands the position of traders from other African countries living and working in Kenya.
