I am interested in starting a construction firm tapping on the CDF,LATF,KERRA and private sector,however I am meant to understand I need a certificate from ministry of roads and another one from ministry of public works.I dont have any qualifications or experience in the sector.I need help in registering with the above ministries and any advice is welcome.

Wacha upusi. You are the cow boy contractors who messed us up during moi time. No skills, experience and you want to be a road contractor.

Let the chinese build the roads while you can make loads of money selling food to their workers and providing airports for workers to spend on. Hell you can even start keg pubs in the camps.

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I am very sorry Sir. My advice to you is

Step 1. Go back to university and learn to be a civil engineer. This can be achieved by applying through the joint admission board as a mature entry.

Step 2. 5-6 years later when you have graduated you should apply for junior position in a road construction company. You will have to do this for 3-4 years before you are fully registered as civil engineer.

Step 3. Now that you are a fully qualified civil engineer you have to rustle up the funds to acquire the equipment you need and this can easily be done by hijacking a G4S cash in transit vehicle.

Step 4. If you are not in jail and you still wish to pursue this dream of road construction well you now have the funds, experience and know how to build shoddy roads for the constituents in your area.

Congratulations you are on the path to your dream!!

The member is an entrepreneur not a casual road builder. Anybody can invest in any sector so long as they align themselves with professionals in that sector..we should not dismiss him outright. What if he is capable of hiring civil engineers with 15 years experience?

@ Mawinder, you need to get the approvals from the ministry of works, ofcourse after registering a company. For tax compliance its for majority of the contracts....Give Caesar what is due to Caesar.. after that you need to market your self/ build a rapport with consulting engineers to be invited for tenders. (this doesnt mean you offer bribes)

And please use professionals to run your company once its up and running, to avoid some of the comments above and to ensure you also maximise your returns..

employ a registered civil engineer and you will have the advice that you need. you will be the MD of the factory and he will be the one to be making decisions requiring professionalism. i am one but i will not throw a blanket advice here for anyone to reap.

Set up a company....get a couple of you rngineer/road builder friends together. If you have the means/ connections finance the company and become a head. Leave the actual construction job to the experts and reap the profits. SIMPLE.

i'm studying civil engineering one more year to go. My advice, get in line. I'm using the 5-4-4 plan. 5 years in university, 4 years working for a consultant and to register as a consulting engineer and 4 years working for a construction company. Then start my own construction company. In that time i should have enough contacts and experience. No short cutting

do you really need a degree in civil engineering to gravel a rural road or do u need to be chinese?

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