@Chaka;

You don't have to own a vehicle to enter the road transport business!!! Tibett & Britten sold off all their lorries and they still remained one of the largest transporters in the country.

KBS does not own a single bus today; yet they are one of the largest commuter service providers in Nairobi.

PM Mashru was already a large long distance transporter by the time they bought their first truck.

This is the reason why I get shocked when I hear younger people complain that they are not able to do business because the don't have venture capital.

As I wrote earlier: three things are needed,viz,capital,idea,and customers. The most important is customers. Without them you are going nowhere. Next comes a new idea,but you can do without it...by the time the water delivery guy was starting,there were very many others doing that business.

Capital comes a distant third. And if you start with capital,you have a 99.5% chance of failure!!!!!

Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)

let me hijack this thread abit,when I moved to buru,I heard vybes that this Mike dude had some connections with the magaryan (sp) + unga and stuff... alafu ati the 'mark muga' song was dedicated to him,bout his economic downfall,later in an interview the song was not made for him but that musician ('ngosss im forgetting his name')

so me analysis is that it was just rumours spread by haters.

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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.

I believe its all in your mind. If you believe that you have to steal,bribe..etc to make it,then that will sadly be your driving force. You will wait for the opportunity to steal,in the hope of making it big. But if you believe that you can earn an honest living and still make it in the long run..then am certain you will make it,and make it big. Life is what you make it. It all starts in your mind.

What is wrong with you guys....what happened to "THOU SHALL NOT JUDGE" why are you comparing yourselves to others, quoting the Bible selectively? You don't know everything about other people's circumstances or life experiences and can't possibly be in a position to evaluate them. BTW according to my understanding the Bible refers to the RICH in general, doesn't matter how you obtained your wealth.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. ~Samuel Johnson, The Rambler