I grew up seeing my father rearing animals and growing crops
such as coffee and bananas. As a kid I started looking at farming as a viable
means to livelihood. Even though my father depicted the money from farming to
pay our school fees, I considered education as irrelevant. As a result I dropped
out of school in senior five.
Tired of staying home and being idle forced me to move to
town in such for a job. In the process, I had one and I was acting as the sales
person for the E & O Sales Company.
A t that time, I was earning sh70,000 every month and I used it to finance my
introduction ceremony.
Astonishingly I was denied the wife on the very day of introduction,
failure to pay the bride price. After all that disappointment and constant
contemplating on what to do, I moved to kayunga district where my grandfather
who was blind resided.
I stayed with him for quite long before he fell sick and
passed away. I then used the one acre of land which he had left to grow crops
and rear animals. I started with growing bananas and sugarcane.
Today I have expanded
my land to 12 acres for agriculture and re-organized the introduction and
weeding ceremony which I was denied because of failure to pay bride price.
“Farming is the best weapon against poverty and perhaps the
best venture if done with a lot of passion, you will yield enormous benefits”.
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