I grew up in nakuru district, went to school up to Class 8, but didn’t continue due to lack of school fees. I later joined Jua Kali sector and trained in mechanical work and graduated with grade 3. I was also trained in tailoring by AMPATH F.P.I. I went through a business class and agriculture in the same institution and got a credit. I had little capital and cereals, just needed a little capital to start. The availability of cereals was easy and fast especially in the rural areas. I transported them using my bicycle to the urban areas where the demand is high. Apart from cereals, I also buy and sell sheep. Getting sheep is easy and doesn’t need much time to go and look for them. There is available market and a good profit margin. Customers prefer my products because I choose cereals that are clean and ensure that they are weighed on a good weighing scale. It’s my plan to buy a piece of land so that I can stay on my own land. I also want to buy a dairy cow and later buy a pick-up because am tired of using a bicycle.
My business deals with cereals and sheep. I buy and sell maize, beans, sorghum, millet wheat and sheep. I started this business in 2013.
Initially, I was in the Jua kali sector as a mechanic. I left because it flooded with many mechanics, so I decided to start a cereals business because I knew this business will enable me to pay fees for my children and fend for my family. I had little capital to start. The availability of cereals was easy and fast especially in the rural areas. I transported them using my bicycle to the urban areas where the demand is high. Apart from cereals I also buy and sell sheep. Getting sheep is easy and doesn’t need much time to go and look for them. There is available market and a good profit margin.
The challenges that I face is that sometimes you can buy cereals at a high price and keep as stock, only to realize after a short while that the prices have dropped. The other challenge is on finances - there are a times when my suppliers have the commodity and I don’t have enough cash to buy as much as I want.
My customers are: posho mills, butcheries, schools, markets, neighbors, men, women and where there is a ceremony. My goal for the business is that I want to have my own store to keep my cereals and be able to supply my cereals with a pick up, not a bicycle. Lastly, also to start selling cattle in addition to sheep.
together with my savings i will purchase stock of one sack of maize for sell in my cereals business,
Im looking forward for increased profits in my business.
Thanks zidisha for your continued suport.
Purchase more stock to sell in my cereals business
I grew up in nakuru district, went to school up to Class 8, but didn’t continue due to lack of school fees. I later joined Jua Kali sector and trained in mechanical work and graduated with grade 3. I was also trained in tailoring by AMPATH F.P.I. I went through a business class and agriculture in the same institution and got a credit. I had little capital and cereals, just needed a little capital to start. The availability of cereals was easy and fast especially in the rural areas. I transported them using my bicycle to the urban areas where the demand is high. Apart from cereals, I also buy and sell sheep. Getting sheep is easy and doesn’t need much time to go and look for them. There is available market and a good profit margin. Customers prefer my products because I choose cereals that are clean and ensure that they are weighed on a good weighing scale. It’s my plan to buy a piece of land so that I can stay on my own land. I also want to buy a dairy cow and later buy a pick-up because am tired of using a bicycle.
My business deals with cereals and sheep. I buy and sell maize, beans, sorghum, millet wheat and sheep. I started this business in 2013.
Initially, I was in the Jua kali sector as a mechanic. I left because it flooded with many mechanics, so I decided to start a cereals business because I knew this business will enable me to pay fees for my children and fend for my family. I had little capital to start. The availability of cereals was easy and fast especially in the rural areas. I transported them using my bicycle to the urban areas where the demand is high. Apart from cereals I also buy and sell sheep. Getting sheep is easy and doesn’t need much time to go and look for them. There is available market and a good profit margin.
The challenges that I face is that sometimes you can buy cereals at a high price and keep as stock, only to realize after a short while that the prices have dropped. The other challenge is on finances - there are a times when my suppliers have the commodity and I don’t have enough cash to buy as much as I want.
My customers are: posho mills, butcheries, schools, markets, neighbors, men, women and where there is a ceremony. My goal for the business is that I want to have my own store to keep my cereals and be able to supply my cereals with a pick up, not a bicycle. Lastly, also to start selling cattle in addition to sheep.
together with my savings i will purchase stock of one sack of maize for sell in my cereals business,
Im looking forward for increased profits in my business.
Thanks zidisha for your continued suport.