Many people take big gambles everyday. Some engauge in unsafe sex while other trade or transport illicit goods.
Mimi mwaka wa 2010 and part of 2011 a total of 19 months, niliendesha gari bila insurance and I used to drive sometimes between Nakuru & Nairobi. Sometimes I look beck and think that was unnecessary risk. Not a single day was I ever flagged down by a traffic D- or got in a minor traffic infrakshen.
I entered the matatu business at 27, with no prior experience (hata sikuwa najua ku drive), three years after graduating. I invested 1.7 million shillings plus other miscellaneous expenses, which I was able to do after earning some good money in South Sudan. The matatu business was a whole new world for me, dealing with people who had issues and crooks. I faced a lot of stress and anxiety, struggled to save money, and was repaying a 3.5 million shilling loan. Kwanza ikienda private, nilikuwa najipata kwa simu na i-track. Naskia poa tu ikiwa area yangu.
That same year, I got married with no experience (note sikuwahi kuwa na responsibilities other than za kufuga paka), my wife was expecting (alikuwa amemaliza KCSE 2013) kabla hata results alikuwa ashakuja kwangu, and her mother was unwell (hio time job yake ilikatika), so I also took on the responsibility of supporting her. Na bado still nilishika plots pale kamulu, so nkabaki bila doo vile inafaa, stress ilinitwanga but sikuwahi show, hata my family (bro na siz) waliniuliza mbona nmeingia mat sector na vile ikona sifa mbaya, si heri ningejenga keja, (my big siz akasema niuze hio gari juu alikuwa ameskia habari mbovu za hio sector) mimi kama kawaida nimezoea kuwa risk taker so niliichukua kama challenge na KBY yangu nkaiweka, again nilikuwa nataka kuona niko successful kwa kitu nmeanzisha). Kuna msee pale Dandora stroy yake ili ni motivate (alikuwa na basi zinaitwa supreme @Lord_Wanaruona unamjua huyu)
Sahizo wale tulikuwa na wao south sudan walikuwa wamejenga nice houses (then sahi zinakaa za 1970s sio modern houses) na were driving subaru foresters model ya 2010 na mimi natumia mat na pressure inanitwanga kweli kweli.
My saddest day ilikuwa ile day my son alililia electric car, pale TRM, ilikuwa ina cost 59000, na juu pesa ilikuwa ilikuwa ya kulipa madeni, niliskia uchungu sana…that was my year 2014/2015.
I drove a car from nairobi to a burial in Vihiga county in 2021 and back without insurance. I had also lost my dl so all I had was my ID. Tukirudi I was stopped at salgaa sikusimama. The D minus were very furious pointing at me nikaenda kabisa. I thought watatuma signal mbele but nilipita Naivasha before polisi wa hapo watokee. Nikaenda fiti mpaka nyumbani
fantastic. naskia tu kuanza a small credit sacco in an undisclosed lokeshen, my only experience is massive hustling different types of biz na kua hardcore loan salesman for 2.5 years. nikifikisha 300k by jan (tuko group of four) tuanze a BOSA credit facility ya small loans. nimepata grounds mbili shwari naona kaende kaende kwani iko nini
hapo jan ndio naona nikiingia social media zote nyasii, ikue one track mind. staki presha za watu hawajui wanaretire na zero intead of zeroes. ndio nimetwanga thate juzi
You made the right call. Ukiwa na makosa you should just ignore them lakini usikae kama mtu anahepa. Cruise past them ujifanye hujawaona. If you speed off they will get suspicious. Wapite na speed ya 50km/h. Police huona gari mingi sana per day to really care about one dude who might not have seen them. The key is to not act suspiciously e.g speeding off.
Yep hana degree, but nilimlipia college fee akasomea biuri stuff, pesa ilikuwa imekatika kwao juu mama yao alikuwa msik for years, hosi iliwakimbiza saidi. Huwa sina hio shida kubwa ya kupeana a few mbirrions hapa na pale. So 2014/15 ilikuwa tough.
Mzae wao yuko na huwa tunapatana kwa family gatherings. Msee hana maneno na hututakia all the best.