Late 2000s, fearshara ya cassette tapes ikaanza kwenda chini juu kulikua kumetokea VCD machines zingine zilikua mpaka na radio, VCD video was shitty and they used to have scratches and hung a lot but raia ilibambika nazo kweli, Nduti one stop music shop made a killing, he is the one who shot all the vernacular videos and made VCDs using Nero, kuona kitunguu yangu itaungua I started exploring new ventures.
Msupa wangu wa Ruiru Yule tulikua twaenda reggae naye akanishow why not try grains. Grains, Meria auze grains, hehe, nikalenga but after a month kuona nafanya kazi ya zero I decided to give it a try. Before I purchased my first consignment nilitembea from Nyamakima to Gikomba, from Korogocho to Kawangware nikiangalia bei za grains, I settled on Nyamakima as they had the best price. Bought kila kitu gunia moja moja, Mboco, Ndengu, Njahi, njugu, ndengu, mchele na zinginezo, had to hire a mbickuff inipeleke Githu kwa ka store kangu. Kufika sikupumzika, kaguu na njia kaanza kutembea kwa ma hoteli na maduka kitafuta order, gave them a gd price and within two days I was out of mboco, ndengu and mchele nikaendea zingine, the other grains ni slow movers.
Those days hatukua na simu so you had to visit the customer physically to pick the order, my loyal employees kawanunulia black mamba for faster delivery naye msupaa alikua nikukaa kwa stall kuza na bei ya retail, kazi yangu ilikua ni stock taking na kukimbilia ile iko minimum stock level. Those are the days I relised 70% of Kenyans survive on mchele and maharagwe ile kina panyaste huita madondo.
BTW Maharage ni chakula ambacho watu wengi hukichukulia kama chakula cha hadhi ya chini kisichokuwa na manufaa kiafya. Watu wengi huchukulia vyakula kama vile nyama na samaki kuwa ni vya kitajiri wakati maharage yakichukuliwa kuwa ni chakula cha kimaskini.
Huu ni upotoshaji, kwani maharage yana faida nyingi sana mwilini ambazo watu wasiokula maharage wanazikosa. Madodndo ina faida nyingi sana mwilini kaa kupunguza cholesterol, huimarisha mifupa na huboresha ngozi, vilevile huondoa sumu mwilini, hupunguza uzito na hushafisha tumbo, madondo ni chakula ya nguvu sana. Unaweza kula na anything, like ugali or chapoo.
Sasa pale Nyamakima I had stuck to one supplier only, Yule alieniuzia siku ya kwanza, sikua naenda duka ingine, saa ingine kaa hana mzigo was waiting anitaftie from the other shops, twas after kindu 3 months while waiting for her anitaftie mchele ndio tukaanza small talk, “na kijana naona uko na bidii sana, mimi hupenda mtu wa bidii, duka yako iko wapi” akaniuliza, sikua na budi ila kumuelezea how I operate. Kitu alini caution ni selling on credit, I cheated hua ni cash only knowing very well kulikua na kiosk kaa tano who used to pay up jioni after supplying them grains in the morning. Nilikua nakaribishwa vipoa sana kwa hio duka.
This lady was a major supplier of nafaka in the city, ile pesa alikua nayo acha tu, alikua anaorder nafaka in canters, at least one every day ilikua yamwaga mzigo, she was sourcing from as far as TZ, nilikua naangalia akihesabu mathousands nameza mate, she was overweight due to lack of exercise and too much junk food but she had a pretty jovial face, kicheko yake ilikua ya hali ya juu, in her youth she must have been a bomb. One day after paying for my order akaniambia siwaenda githurai, I nodded affirmatively, akasema pia yeye aenda huko akaamlisha wafanyakazi wake wapakie mzigo yangu kwa gari yake. Tukatoka shop and headed to her car, was not surprised to see a Musso, my jovial lady akanipea funguo akisema eti yeye hajui kureverse from parking.
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