By Ireri M. Mwaniki
Struggle for survival! Poverty, extreme poverty indeed is
rising at alarming rates in Kyuso .With most homesteads unable to spend as much
as a dollar per day, the struggle to cross this line has been getting its pace
in the recent past.
Extra small businesses are looming. With most of the
involved business persons unable to raise as much as fifty shillings per day,
the poverty cry is still unresponded by
their tireless efforts to make the heads meet as most households have at least
six members which is a large number to cater for.
Hawking in this region has not been recognizable; probably
following small numbers practicing it. However, in the recent past, it is
getting its roots deep in this region dominating the other businesses taking
place deep in the villages.
Mbwani and Kalole villages have won a major recognition in
this kind of business. One renowned hawker has stolen the show in these two
villages and neighborhoods .His determination in his business has made him a
name among the villagers. Being a father of six and having a wife to cater for
pushes him even harder to keep his business moving.
The hawker has been operating in the villages for some time
now. With most residents living in extreme poverty conditions, he has framed
his business to suit his customer’s conditions and needs by breaking down
expensive wholesale commodities like sugar, cooking fat, salt, tea leaves and
other essentials into smaller and cheaper fractions.
With a kilo of sugar costing at around two hundred shillings
in the normal shops, most of these villagers frequent his premises as they are
probably unable to raise the money .Most stunningly, he has broken the sugar
quantities to even smaller fractions going for as low as two shillings, a clear
picture of the extreme poverty among most of his customers.
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