Even here in the US, those of us kenyans who are really ambitious, especially the ones wanting to rudi back to kenya being 'millionaires' realize that kuiba ni lazima.

@TAZ;

When some one says explicitly that he believes theft is the only way he can get rich and we disagree with that statement, we cannot be said to be judging. we are simply disagreeing with his stated position

all youth should look up to mike,the owner of club casurina and those fancy buru mats. He is proof a young man with vision and a humble beginning can go very far. I'm also told he is one of the few rich men who have made money through honest means.

I have been talking to several guys who have made it to high levels of success. One astonishing thing is that all of them,started by something not very straight to be where they are. Capture this:
1. I was an Uchumi stores keeper. I opened a shop in eastlands. I never bought the first stock and a couple of replenishments. I channeled some from uchumi and got myself started. Says one tycoon who is a multimillionare in real estate.
2. I was employed in a property management firm as a Field manager. I used to collect rent but not to receipt it. I ferried goods from China and Dubai and got myself started. Says one tycoon who is a multimillionare (in his early thirties)now in car hire biz and several exhibitions for rental.
3. I started as a housegirl. My boss used to leave me with more cash for shopping. I never used to buy foodstuff in time but rather go to Garissa (eastleigh) buy clothes for sale then buy foodstuff later. That got me started. Says one single mother of two with green grocer shops in many parts of nairobi. Drives an Audi
4. I entered into a deal with the principal of that school. I could then be able to supply stationery to the school at exorbitant prices and share the proceeds with him. I got myself started. Says one importer tycoon with several businesses in town
5. I worked with EQBL as a recoveries officer. I went to recover a property from a defaulter and got into a deal where I scooped a clean half an M with no sweat. I got myself started. Says one general merchant and cocacola distributor in several places in NBI.

and the list is endless..

I really try to work very hard,save,invest but I never find myself moving up as I would wish. My question is this,must you do dark deal somewhere to place yourself on top.

Fellow Skerians,how did you start? Offer encouragements to the straight guys.

It doesn't hurt to know more than you have

Even here in the US, those of us kenyans who are really ambitious, especially the ones wanting to rudi back to kenya being 'millionaires' realize that kuiba ni lazima.
And I can tell u of atleast 10 stories of wakenya kupita na dollars za wazungu employers, then sending it back to the motherland to advance their own personal ambitions. One fellow i know, 'wainaina' crossed with $314,000 and hepad to Nairobi. That woz 3 years ago, now he's got sum flats on mombasa road and is building a small hotel in coasto.

There are new wazuans who should tell us how they started.

Its only in Kenya where its easy to make money through dishonesty. The world over, most rich people have had to think outside the box to make the money. Only in Kenya do we have politicians doubling as top businessmen. Again, the world over, most politicians are mostly not businessmen and vice versa.
A culture of hard work needs to be engrained to the youth as the only solution to riches. Luck is when opportunity meets preparedness.
In the construction industry, the few players who have taken the easier dishonest route to riches almost always fall as fast e.g Mugoya construction and other equally huge contractors .