Most waiters at one Kenyan café are deaf, so customers use sign language, mimes or gestures.
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe visits a café in Kenya which is trying to change perceptions of people with disabilities.
There are posters on display with an introduction to some basic sign language, but for example, the waiters may mime shivering to ask if someone wants a cold bottle of water, and the customer can confirm that with a thumbs up. The 26-year-old says the founder, businessman Feisal Hussein, "took a chance on me. He saw that I had something."
Three years ago, when he first joined the team, Mr Kamande was shy and nervous, his boss says, but now he has become an indispensable part of running the business.He loves his job, he says, and he is especially proud whenever customers commend his staff on their level of professionalism and service.Image source,At first, Mr Hussein struggled to find people to hire but now he does not have to look hard as people are always dropping off their CVs, he says.
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