Popular Nairobi businesswoman ShiQuo wa Hiistyle has responded to Kenyans threatening to stop shopping at her business following her remarks celebrating Geoffrey Mosiria’s dismissal from his county government position.
Speaking in a TikTok video on Saturday, October 24, 2026, ShiQuo addressed a social media user identified as Jonte, who had declared that he would no longer patronise her business over her comments about Mosiria.
The businesswoman questioned why Jonte was speaking on behalf of other customers, arguing that his use of plural pronouns suggested that several people would stop visiting her establishment despite him appearing to speak for himself.
“I see someone called Jonte here saying that they will not come back to my business again. Jonte is saying I should trust they will not come, but I do not understand why he is saying ‘they’ and using the plural yet he is alone,” she said.
ShiQuo went on to suggest that Jonte was not a regular customer at her establishment, claiming that he would struggle to identify where her business was located without her assistance.
She said she often had to remind him of her location, using the claim to challenge the weight of his threat to stop shopping at her business.
“I know he also never comes to my business. Even if I ask him where I am based, he cannot know. I am always the one reminding you,” she added.
Customers come for deals
The businesswoman further argued that customers did not necessarily visit her establishment because they liked her personally, saying the offers available at her business were the main attraction.
According to ShiQuo, customers would be unlikely to return if she stopped offering deals, suggesting that the commercial value they received from shopping with her mattered more than their personal opinions of her.
She maintained that her business attracted customers because of what she offered them, rather than because they felt an emotional connection to her.
“You should know that people do not come to me when they come to shop. No, they do not actually love me, and there is no need for that. But what brings them is the deals. That is why you see that if I do not have a deal for you all now, you all will not come,” she said.
ShiQuo’s remarks appeared to push back against the suggestion that threats to withdraw patronage over her comments about Mosiria would necessarily affect her business.
She framed the relationship between her business and its customers around the deals available, rather than the expectation that shoppers must personally approve of her views or statements.
ShiQuo also invoked her faith, arguing that customers who were destined to spend their money at her business would eventually return regardless of whether they initially vowed to stop shopping there.
“And you see another thing, if God says your money will come to my business, even if you refuse, you will just find yourself coming back to my business,” she said.
