Kula vyema ishi vyema groccery [eat well live well groccery]

Josphat

Kishagi, Kenya

13% repaid

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Entrepreneur

Name

Josphat

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

102 installments • 5%

About Me

I grew in the rural of Emuhaya constituency Bunyore village, my Primary and high school i went to the village school where i only had one pair of everything school uniform, to clothes i didn't have any type of shoes, i grew up as a farmer working in the village with my parents as laborers for our neighbors.In my life my dream was to be able to read and write English and speak English, my dream was education since i came from a family that was poor education was not easily available so i had to work with my parents to raise fees for some terms that i attended school to learn English.My busines is in farming i started my agri business 1999 i grow indigenous /African/luhya vegetables.

My Business

In my business i grow African indigenous vegetable specifically Luhya vegetables i.s Kunde, murenda, muto, managu and kanzira in my community they are believed to be medicinal, that is advantage number for me, they never lose their value, currently they have become very popular with all the people from across Kenya due to the life style disease they are going back to the old habits of eating and changing their diet.Where my business is situated in kangemi where i retail and sometimes i whole sale depending on the harvest and the market price, the pride of my business is in the feeding of the families that live in the informal settlements of kangemi.

Loan Proposal

Land preparation after the previous harvest 3200 kshs, purchase of manure 2500 kshs, purchase of seed 2200kshs, Given a boost to achieve the above this will enable me meet my daily target to have a business and meet my responsibilities of taking care of my family, also to give a chance to increase the production the vegetables to supply in the market.