My first priority is to invest in a new business. I want to start selling sandals around Mathare, Mlango kubwa. I collect garbage around Mathare and when I am done I go to matatu stages to look for work as a driver, to relieve other drivers mostly in the afternoon. To do away with all this hustle, I would like to start something of my own so as to ensure I have an income at the end of the day to feed and shelter my family. Secondly, I want to re-open my barber shop. I had opened one at Pangani but it did not do so well. The rent that I paid was higher than the profits I made and I could not sustain it. I plan to open one close by at Mlango Kubwa, Mathare and work towards ensuring it is successful,this money will help boost the business when it is low. Lastly, I want to pursue my music career . I am an artist and I have two albums that are waiting to be released. All I need is the finances to release the albums. My music has great content that I would love to share with people, messages of hope and restoration. I was a street child for about seven years and I would beg just to put food in my stomach. As I grew older it became hard for me to beg since people would chase me away, so I started singing on the streets to get money. Later, I was taken to a childrens home for five years but I left and went back to the streets and joined a gang for about six years. One day we were caught by the police and I was shot on the leg, my friends were shot dead, and by Gods grace I survived, that was my turning point. I turned to music as a way out as I worked my way to get a decent form of employment.

My top concern is unemployment, I am a casual worker, I collect garbage around Mathare and at times work as a driver although it is not consistent, lack of a stable source of income is a great concern for me since I will not be able to provide food and shetler for my family. I fear being locked out of my house because of not paying house rent, it is important for me to have a place where I can lay my head to rest after a long and tiresome day, to have a peaceful night as I await the following day.

I want to be a great musician and a music teacher. I want to open my own studio where I can nurture talent for those who cannot afford to release their songs. I love music and when I look at most musician they lack content in their music. I would like to nurture them and help them write songs that have good content and a messaging for people.

On my usual day, I wake up at around 6:00 am, and report to work. I go look for a cart to go collect garbage with and work untill 10:00 am. I go back to our group hall and help out where I can, if I do not get work to do, I go home take a shower and leave to go hustle at Huruma, at the matatu stage as a reliver of other drivers who have been working since morning. I work till 3:00 pm and I go back to our group hall. I train some children football once they are out of school, after that I take them to the library to read and when I am done I take some piano lessons at a friends house. Later, I go back home, take my dinner and retire to bed. I rarely have free time since I am always hustling but when I am not working, I play the piano and record my songs.