Ben is a man on the move in seedy clubs and pubs in Nairobi's River Road. In one of those places, he meets a working girl and single mother named Wini and takes a liking to her. She moves in his single-room accommodation with her him little boy and the three become family. Then she suddenly runs off with her office boss leaving her son behind. Ben, a construction site labourer with meagre resources, is stuck with what to do with the boy.

Mwangi's treatment of the serious situation makes and unforgettable impact.