About Me

my name is linus kibue kahara from kiptagwanyi location, naivasha district.i was born in 1956 in nyeri county,in a villange called makadara.i started my education in 1968 in yeri primary school and complete std 7 in 1975 and join secondary school in that area. i was very bright in education so i was able to get university education.after completing university i join teaching college and completed.i was employed by government as a teacher.i was posted to nakuru district where i serve many school in this area.in 1984 i married my wife and we were bless with 5 children, also my wife was a teacher at that time before she resign to take care of her home.in 1990 i was promoted to be a education officer in gilgil.i retired in 2005 and go to business which was already run by employee of me.the income from this business have help me very much because only monthly payment that i was given from my job could not do much.i was able to buy a plot from this business.

My Business

my business of selling petrol and kerosine started before my retirement because i was well known by many people here in kiptagwanyi, and after discovering how people were changing high when buying paraffin .i apply from the company a pump which will be accurate when selling to customer so to satisfy customers need.the business is very profitable in this area as many people depend in kerosine to get light to their home. also because of many people having trust in my measurement,thy prefer to buy in my pump and also good relationship with the people around this area i get many customer from as far as kiambogo center who came to buy in wholesale so that thy can sell to their shop. also many motorbike riders prefer to buy from my pump because it is not mix with other thing ,because it came direct from the company. the main challenge is high price of this commodity, poor road in this area, high changes of license by the government that made sometime to sell in high price so that i can cover the cost

Loan Proposal

dear lenders and zidisha ,in this my first loan i will add 1 drum of kerosine to my business ,.i sell a drum in one week to my customers who leave in villages so before the paying period start i will be able to have enough cash to go on boosting my business and able to repay my loan at ones.and because i have a petrol pump i hope to think about it in the next loan if possible