Lydia Kithure has shared how her family went through so much with poverty, and her father being nicknamed because of it made her vow to change the face of her home, and she did.
Speaking, Lydia said that they were very poor and their house was a small timber affair that her dad who was a carpenter, and her mum, a farmer, lived in with their kids.
“Poverty was our other name, hence my dad being nicknamed “kathiini” in Kimeru, meaning poor person. When I was in Form Two my dad passed away, so my mum used to do all sorts of vibarua to make sure all my five siblings got the best education,” she said.
“When I completed my Form Four education, I got a job at a factory in our rural home, later I joined The Kenya Institute of management to pursue a Diploma in business management,” Lydia shared her education journey.
Later the young woman relocated to Nairobi, but just as with other seekers, it was not easy to get a job, and so she turned to selling charcoal, which she said was not bad business.
“Later I joined the import business, and that’s where my financial breakthrough came,” she said.
“My first priority was my mum and in 2021 I started building a bungalow for my mum in the village. And as they say settle your parents and blessings follow, one year later I started building my rentals in Kitengela and became a land lady,” she added.
“When I got the little money she was my priority, it’s her time to enjoy… if I made it even you will be there one day; God will remember you,” she said.
Clearly from working at coffee factory, to selling charcoal, and then crushing it with imports to becoming a landlady, those were goals.
“Dont give up guys, keep pushing,and your day wil come,” she said.
