Truth be told, unemployment
rate is very high you do not need any sort of research by the World Bank or any
other shitty opinion poll to tell you this. Graduates can’t find work in the
formal sector of the economy. Unemployment is now the scourge of virtually
every single nation. In a country like this everyone talks about connections, si
vibaya juu in the long last we ni job unataka but for those guys out there like
me who don’t know anybody but only fellow hustlers, know it is definitely
harder than pulling a star out of the sky to get a job ama ata kadeal tu unaeza
mangia.
There is a great deal
more misery in the world. On one hand millions of unemployed people have no
purpose in life and therefore low self-esteem despite impressive
qualifications. On the other hand millions of employed people are working long
hours with inadequate payment and totally stressed out trying to balance other
commitments like family and hobbies against work. Any way instead of bitching a
lot let me offer a “solution” not the tunafaa kufanya type of solution; it is
about making a personal choice to be adventurous with those things that empower
you, being the one who does not wait for others to find the way but one who
blazes the trail, the pathfinder, the innovative one. Yes! That one.
For those who are
courageous, emotionally disciplined, and are real hard workers (because this is
Kenya nobody sorts you, ni wewe ujisort ukishindwa ukae!!) the only way we can
reshape tomorrow and escape the present unemployment crises is to instigate an
entrepreneurial revolution, by only rolling individual action. No longer is
there a right to a job or to earn a salary; now the right is to make a living,
to carve out a livelihood ama ulale njaa. Definetly it is not everyone that is
cut out to be an entrepreneur, Ata by the way juu ya io story, being employed
is not bad at all, after all we are all chasing after the
same coins. This is cool if that is the best one can do. What all employers are
concerned with is your paycheck after he gives it to you it is your personal
responsibility to make yourself rich.
Ii society tunaishii ni
blander as an entrepreneur you will most likely not fit. It exalts politicians,
professors, sports heroes but the humble entrepreneur is considered to be
someone who failed to make a cut in the formal sector. Entrepreneurs especially
the young always find it very hard to survive let alone get a startup of the
ground to a great company; they have to really hustle to settle small personal
bills kama rent, transport, food, rave, credit, cladi kali kali izo achana nazo
ii si showbiz. Unlike those who have payslips they can be able to enjoy all
this things because it is that time of the month. For the entrepreneur out there the
only thing that stands by your side is a dream. A dream of knowing you can do
better, not letting the curtain fall, never giving up, always rolling, in chase
of the throne, not caving in from pressure to look for a safety net. If you are
in this category don’t give up! Optimism, pessimism, fuck that, we're going to make it happen. I’m hell-bent on making it!” till then…
Hustle on. For hustle never
dies it only changes form!