Increase the fish stock

Maria

Gishagi, Kenya

33% repaid

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How it Works

Entrepreneur

Name

Maria

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

25 installments • 32%

About Me

I was born the rural part of Bongoma county, i went to primary school here, i joned high school in Nairobi county kangemi area, while in kangemi my parents had a business of selling fingerlings and fish along the road side in kishagi, unfortunately the business was not big enough to cater for the entire families needs, from school fees, house rent, food,my mother would wash clothes for the neighbors and she could earn a Little more and when the schools closed i would get a job to sell water, wash laundry for neighbors the money i made i would give it my parents to add to what they had it was not much but it got us through those hard times.

My Business

My business involves supply to the traders at city market,kangemi and kawangware, i travel to kisumu town 3 times a week to buy Fish and Fingerlings , i buy them in bulk, then i bring them to Nairobi where i mark up my price and i well them in whole sale price to them to the retailers who sell them in smaller quantities,so i have to travel in advance get my stock early enough to hit the road and start distributing in the middle of the night so that when morning comes all my clients have their stocks ready to sell.

Loan Proposal

In 2015 i want to add the stock of the fish that i bring to the market and hopefully once i get more stock i can reduce the number of trips that i make to kisumu, i want to add 10kgs of ngenge fish worth 3500 kshs, add obambla fish worth 2000kshs and fingerlings worth 2400 kshs, this loan will help me have more money for my business and my daughter's school fees.