Repair my taxi

Edward

Mombasa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Edward

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

106 installments  •  41%

About Me

My name is Edward Gitimu, born in 1980 in Muranga – central Kenya. I was born in rural area where there was no modern infrastructure like electricity and tap water. I am married with two children. We lived a very basic life with just the bare life essentials. I did my basic education and then proceeded to university for degree course in business education.

I got a job in Mombasa where I was employed as an accountant in a food processing company. I worked there for four years when I was retrenched. It became difficult to get another job and I used money from my terminal benefits to buy a three wheeler taxi (locally called tuk tuk).

My Business

I run a taxi business. My three wheeler taxi is used to ferry people within the vast town of Mombasa. I normally charge about $1 per trip if it does not exceed 3 kilometers and I make a net profit of about $10 per day which I use to support my family and also for the vehicle maintenance.

I work for long hours since the nature of this business demands it.

Loan Proposal

Due to wear and tear, my vehicle requires constant maintenance to keep it running. I need to replace its barrel kit which will cost me around $90 with labor charges. This loan will finance half of it and the rest will come from my maintenance kitty.
Thank you for reading my proposal.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$50.00

Date disbursed

Jan 28, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 weeks

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