They say good life is equal to a good education plus a good job. This is no different to Raphael Kipkoech, a resident of Moi's Bridge who after completion of the university got a job as a bank accountant.
Being a banker, I don't need to introduce to you the privileges it comes by. But to the shock of everyone, Kipkoech in December 2016 resigned from the job to take up a more untidy, unpredictable job in agriculture as many youths nowadays could define.
The 28-year-old says he left his job to start a chick-rearing business after noticing the gap and the high demand in the market.
"It was not easy resigning from the job especially to my parents who had invested much in my education. To them it was like a loss" said Kipkoech.
He first bought a 1,232 eggs incubator at Sh100,000which hatched 1,000 chicks and in two weeks he had sold out 700 at Sh80 each, earning him Sh56,000.
To him, it was a big loss after seeing his other 300 chicks die but that gave him much strength to even work harder.
With that, he first sourced for a ready market before going into second hatching and in between he had already found customers to take all the hatched chicks.
"Finding and knowing ready customers is the key in this business," he said.
To date, Kipkoech has increased his eggs incubators to 10, each hatching between 1,000 and 1,200 chicks monthly. Now being established in the market, he sales up to 10,000 chicks at Sh80 bringing his monthly earnings to Sh800,000.
"Follow your heart and never lose hope if you fail at your first attempt rather take it as a positive challenge," he advises.
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