Thursday, 25 August 2016

Here is the man with the longest fingernails in Africa

This 34-year-old Kenyan man,  John Waweru with his over 30 centimetre-long nails on his left hand is seriously aiming to be the person with the longest nails on earth so that he can enter the Guinness World Book of Records.

Waweru said that the nails earn him between KSh 2,000 (N6,500) and KSh 10,000 (N32,579) a day because it is a ‘tourist attraction’.

"This is my job, this is what feeds me. I go to the beaches and tourists pay to see the fingernails. I also go to places like Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) shows, get-togethers and schools where people pay to see my nails."

He has been able to use his income from the fingernails wisely because with the income, he has managed to build a four roomed Swahili house and start a nail salon for manicure and pedicure.

However, this feat comes with a price as Waweru says he can neither cook nor wash his clothes due to the long nails. He has also stopped covering himself with a bedsheet while sleeping in order to avoid breaking the nails.

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