Broiler farming

Stephen

Nakuru, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Stephen

Member since

July 2016

On-time repayments

197 installments  •  90%

About Me

My names are Stephen Muriu. I come from a country called Kenya in East Africa. My town is called Nakuru which is the fourth largest in Kenya and is about 150km from our capital city of Nairobi.

I was born and raised in Nakuru where I went to school from the beginning - Nursery to when I finished my secondary school and I love this beautiful since I was a child. We went to nearby schools and even upto now we still meet with friends from the times I was a young boy.

Back them life was unlike today where technological advances were a lot and were relied on simplistic lifestyles and everybody loved it!

I started my own business after finishing my college education as an Electrical Technician. My passion was always to be self employed and I love farming since I was young. Employment is a challenge to many in our country and I ventured to farming as well as doing Electrical installation jobs which come along. I therefore decided doing a side business in poultry is a good idea.

The climate of my home town of Nakuru is moderate and we experience very good weather all year long. With lots of sunshine which sometimes can be too much especially the months of December - February and raining from April to around July; with July being the coldest.

I am married and I have a beautiful daughter. She is two years now.

I love playing football when am free and travelling with my young family when time and resources allow.

My Business

I have been doing freelance Electrical installation work for houses and I get paid depending on the size and type of work involved. Currently I have indigenous chicken which I keep and for resale.

This is my second Zidisha loan and I am very grateful because the first loan assisted me in getting to the poultry world. I now have several chickens which are laying eggs and some of them have young chicks.

I am kindly applying for the second loan to assist me to start a broiler poultry project because I noticed that free range chicken are good for eggs but not so much for meat. The market for chicken meat is rapidly increasing and I thought that it would be a good idea to venture into broiler farming. There are several hotels coming around in my home town where seminars are held and this creates the demand.

I therefore apply for application for broiler farming and I trust that the lenders will enable my dream come true.

As I have done before, I will continue to honour repaying my loans on time and without failure.

Thanks in advance.

Stephen.

Loan Proposal

Thank you once again Zidisha for playing such a major role in actualizing my business plan of starting my own business of broiler farming.

With my fourth loan I intend to use it in acquiring 300 one day old broiler chicks and four 50jg bags oftheir starter feeds.
300 chicks @ 0.5dollar.......150dollars
4bags@ 25 dollar..........100 dollars

In poultry farming I have been able to actualize my dream of being my own employer and in the near future God willing I will be able to provide employment .

with my business I have been able to meet my needs and that of my family and with gratitude I owe it to Zidisha for financing my proposal project.

Am looking forward to your positive reply..

yours truly,Stephen Muriu

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  • Ahadi    Jul 31, 2021

    Despite difficulties of current times, Stephen managed to pay back.
    He is a serious borrower. +++

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  • trevor neve    Dec 7, 2018

    He Keeps his word, Repays when he can
    I will keep on Supporting Stephen and help grow his business

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$243.00

Date disbursed

Oct 15, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

17 months

Lenders

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

KJ

Karin Joy

Philadelphia, PA, USA, United States

CN

Craig Newmark

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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  • Stephen    Apr 13, 2021

    Tough times

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  • Stephen    Feb 6, 2021

    Not able

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  • Stephen    Jan 9, 2021

    Business down

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  • Stephen    Dec 21, 2020

    Not able to pay

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  • Stephen    Nov 7, 2020

    Cannot be able to pay as earlier agreed

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  • Stephen    Sep 26, 2020

    Currently am not able to pay as earlier agreed

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  • Stephen    Aug 15, 2020

    Am not able to pay as earlier agreed

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  • Stephen    Jul 3, 2020

    Am not capable of repaying as earlier agreed due to financial constraints

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  • Lilian    Jul 3, 2020

    I could reach Stephen but managed to talk to milka one of his references who has promised to check on him and see what the problem is

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  • Stephen    May 19, 2020

    Kindly accept my request to adjust my instalments downwards..

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  • Stephen    Apr 4, 2020

    Hallo zidisha...am again currently not in a position to fulfil my instalment as agreed due financial strain am experiencing.. Kindly bear with me

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  • Stephen    Mar 9, 2020

    Would like to thank my lenders for the funding of my business.

    With the cash,I will be able to order for the chicks from the hatchery's batch of next week

    Thank you once again

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  • Leo    Mar 8, 2020

    Send pictures of Chickens!

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  • Stephen    Mar 3, 2020

    Greetings to my zidisha family, a big thank you for your continuous support towards my farming business project and I look forward to achieve greater heights with your support.
    From my previous lot of chicks I suffered I big loss because there was a disease outbreak but as the saying goes 'with challenges you become stronger'

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  • Andreas Huber    Mar 1, 2020

    Hi Stephen. Thanks a lot for paying back the full amount! You made it possible that I could lend the money to someone else!
    I wish all the best to you!

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  • Stephen    Feb 14, 2020

    Am financially not stable to pay the full amount at once

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  • Stephen    Jan 11, 2020

    Still can't afford to pay all at once...I incurred a huge loss with my business..will clear as soon as possible

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  • Stephen    Jan 7, 2020

    Still not able to pay all at once...am at a '
    rebuilding myself 'stage after the loses

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  • Stephen    Nov 29, 2019

    I have adjusted my payment since now am going through a rebuilding process from the loses that had hit me

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  • Stephen    Nov 25, 2019

    I cannot repay on time..I experienced some losses in my business..there was an outbreak of Newcastle and I lost 180 chickens.

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