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everlasting
#21 Posted : Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:29:41 PM
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Stories of success can be real without other stories behind them. And of course(we all know this) while starting out you have to be a frugal spender. I know of this dude who sells shoe laces, dyes, shoe polish and such stuff on a 1m*1m space at Gikomba. If you have been to Gikomba, you must have seen the guys who sell such stuff, at the shoe stalls. They are stationed in the middle of the roads. With his income he has opened a polythene shop bought a pick up. They were orphaned at an early age and his brother had to go to an orphanage. However he is bright and scored highly. He had the choice to go to Starehe or Alliance. They could only afford Alliance and raised the money for school fees and shopping with his brother. Luckily he got a scholarship but they chose Alliance since they could afford it in case the sponsor pulled out.He is doing well, and planning to construct rental houses on a plot her mother had bought before she died.
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Conquestador
#22 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 12:44:11 PM
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@tony stark

you are right in both your observations that 1) Mbogo and similar 'lords' have an about 30% headstart comapred to those employed on equal income. They should pay tax.
The question is, how? the turnover tax method is very hard to enforce esp in the informal economy that we are.
and 2)Wazua, like the market place described by @poundfoolish earlier in this post has all sorts of people. Majority seem to have read 'War and Peace' only in their formative years.
Appreciation of satire is very low.

I invite those 'serious, black and white' ones to www.gawker.com and particularly the comments made by readers on political/ social-cultural/ economic matters.
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wanyuru
#23 Posted : Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:48:34 PM
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Had to read this. Inspiring.

There's this guy i met in 2007. He had a small kiosk where he sold fruits and makaa.Now the guy owns two 'ask for transport' pick-ups and still runs his fruits and makaa business.
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Foreman
#24 Posted : Wednesday, June 15, 2011 9:06:10 AM
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My other eye sees a newspaper vendor who doubled as a collecting agent for Mungiki subscriptions from Matatu's..It happens in Nairobi.
Though Mbogo Might be an exception to the practice
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#25 Posted : Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:03:49 PM
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Foreman wrote:
My other eye sees a newspaper vendor who doubled as a collecting agent for Mungiki subscriptions from Matatu's..It happens in Nairobi.
Though Mbogo Might be an exception to the practice

NO! NO! NO! NO!

He is not in that kind of stuff!

Do the math: if you sell 1,000 newspapers daily and make 3bob from each.. that's 3k pd... 90k pm... and you live in mukuru where rent is 2k ... why wouldn't you be able to buy a car worth 200k... which then adds another 2k to your income daily.....

Please don't be a sceptic; these things are possible!
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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pesh cash
#26 Posted : Wednesday, July 06, 2011 5:03:55 PM
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very inspiring!!
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. ~Winston Churchill
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murchr
#27 Posted : Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:11:40 AM
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Conquestador wrote:
@ Mukiha, in 20 years... dont be too sure.

During the next elections, a presidential candidate will whip tribal emotions saying that' 'its their time to eat' like Mbogo and tribe have been 'helped' to eat.

Then during the subsequent post-election violence, my well educated but lazy younger brother who also live in mukuru; and spends most of time outside Jubilee insurance building discussing politics, and also a heckler for hire... will claim Mbogo's taxis as rightfully his as was acquired by 'our/ taxpayers money'.

My younger bro is sure about it... his hero politician who is always right told them that Mbogo and tribe obtains government money from a wall, upon presenting his ID card to verify his tribe...and he showed photos/video of an ATM queue and people leaving with cash handed by the gvt official behind the wall.

Having said that, Mbogo is a hero. Pity he may never make it to be a public role model, as modern youth still think the ultimate is a 'celebrity'. As for his making it to Senator/ Governor/ MP - he'd have to add 'pharmacy products' in his portfolio...



I watched this last night and i remembered this post. Not that i wish anything negative but i just pray that people learn to respect the work of others hands
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Marty
#28 Posted : Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:47:15 PM
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murchr wrote:
Conquestador wrote:
@ Mukiha, in 20 years... dont be too sure.

During the next elections, a presidential candidate will whip tribal emotions saying that' 'its their time to eat' like Mbogo and tribe have been 'helped' to eat.

Then during the subsequent post-election violence, my well educated but lazy younger brother who also live in mukuru; and spends most of time outside Jubilee insurance building discussing politics, and also a heckler for hire... will claim Mbogo's taxis as rightfully his as was acquired by 'our/ taxpayers money'.

My younger bro is sure about it... his hero politician who is always right told them that Mbogo and tribe obtains government money from a wall, upon presenting his ID card to verify his tribe...and he showed photos/video of an ATM queue and people leaving with cash handed by the gvt official behind the wall.

Having said that, Mbogo is a hero. Pity he may never make it to be a public role model, as modern youth still think the ultimate is a 'celebrity'. As for his making it to Senator/ Governor/ MP - he'd have to add 'pharmacy products' in his portfolio...



I watched this last night and i remembered this post. Not that i wish anything negative but i just pray that people learn to respect the work of others hands


Very very inspiring story about Mbogo. I wish all had such a mentality and attitude
When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty
of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator.
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ZZE123
#29 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:32:19 PM
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Conquestador wrote:
@ Mukiha, in 20 years... dont be too sure.

During the next elections, a presidential candidate will whip tribal emotions saying that' 'its their time to eat' like Mbogo and tribe have been 'helped' to eat.

Then during the subsequent post-election violence, my well educated but lazy younger brother who also live in mukuru; and spends most of time outside Jubilee insurance building discussing politics, and also a heckler for hire... will claim Mbogo's taxis as rightfully his as was acquired by 'our/ taxpayers money'.

My younger bro is sure about it... his hero politician who is always right told them that Mbogo and tribe obtains government money from a wall, upon presenting his ID card to verify his tribe...and he showed photos/video of an ATM queue and people leaving with cash handed by the gvt official behind the wall.

Having said that, Mbogo is a hero. Pity he may never make it to be a public role model, as modern youth still think the ultimate is a 'celebrity'. As for his making it to Senator/ Governor/ MP - he'd have to add 'pharmacy products' in his portfolio...

@Mukiha how is Mbogo doing now?
@Conquestador Applause Applause Applause
The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the farmer who grows corn by the roadside have the same problem
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tony stark
#30 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:08:23 PM
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Mbogo does not pay taxes! Yeye ni mwizi!
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Mukiri
#31 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:10:12 PM
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Applause A beautiful success story. I understand just across the road in South B is a similar story. The propriator of Sana Sana also used to sell newspapers right about the same spot. I've played pool and held conversations with honarable members there. A time may come when you might have to book an appointment to court the audience of one, Mr Mbogo

Proverbs 19:21
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josiah33
#32 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:26:45 PM
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Fundaah wrote:
And someone was saying here 120,000 is little money......

Poverty is just a state of mind.

http://www.wazua.co.ke/f...3&p=2#post110469...

Very true..give a 'poor' man 10 million shillings and after a few months or years he will still go back to being 'poor'.
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