According to Nzamurambaho Jldephonse, a 35 year-old former resident of Gatsibo village, Orange town in Rwanda, Kenya is the most suitable country to live in and going back to his mother country, would be suicidal.
In an exclusive one on one with Nyanzareview.com, at B4 trading center in Kisumu on Thursday morning, he said his new nickname from residents is “Brownie”.
Recalling his distressful life back home, full of pain and misery, he referred to as “the dreaded” Rwanda, not a home anymore.
Being the firstborn in a family of two, he was forced to look employment opportunities, so as to provide for the well-being of his family, but failed due to the high rate of unemployment.
“I had thought of engaging in hawking to make ends meet, but I dropped the idea prematurely, because I did not want to brush shoulders with the law enforcement officers. Hawking is totally outlawed in Rwanda,” he stated.
After successfully informing his Aunt in Uganda, he acquired the ticket to travel to Kenya. He had earlier on hinted to his aunt, on the success of hawking in Kenya, from friends already living and making good money. However, his parents were against his move to a new country.
“I floated the idea to my aunt who readily gave me a clean bill of health and provided me with sh5,000 a quality amount of money those years that enabled me to kickstart my hawking business which was indeed profitable,” he confessed.
A father of one added that after hawking at the border of Busia Uganda and Kenya for two good years, he relocated to Kisumu town, now city, where he has lived for a decade engaging in the business he confirms has positively sustained him and his family ever since.
“I am residing at Kondele estate in the outskirts of Kisumu city, and I like the place as the people here are friendly and cooperative,” he shared.
His wife, Kaissa Media, confidentially said that she is proud to live in Kenya, where people are hospitable.
“For the years we have lived here, none of my neighbours, has ever attempted to pick a quarrel with either me or my husband, so am glad to be here and I want to believe that we will be Kenyan citizens soon,” she said.
The man further confessed that despite a few challenges here and there, he is now in a position to effectively provide for his household’s basic needs, and also support his parents back in Rwanda.
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