amorphous wrote:Planning on launching a small hoteli in 6 months time. Toeni mawaidha jameni.
Who is the local Nduthi ChaiMan. The Nduthis (parked) outside your front gate can make or destroy your clientel's appetite.
Who are the local (health) mafia?
You do not just pay the public health inspection licenses, you have to grease the entire department.
Woe unto you when one of them is transferred. You will have to start again.
Who is the local Sonyi head.
You will need Sonyi protection. Bouncers will not be enough.
Who are the local politicians? Public purses are often one of the biggest sources of steady income.
Think of strategy meetings, et al.
You will need to grease the AIE (authority to incur expenditure) signatories to corner this market.
In a nutshell, your biggest enemy (or best friend) shall be official and public corruption and local protection mafia.
Do not forget staff theft and pilferage and the taxman. The taxman is desperate to finance Ngament extravagance. You will need a good tax accountant and lawyer.
That will be all for now.