I went from selling ‘mitumba’ clothes to winning road tenders worth millions

Charles Kipngeno Langat, a former second-hand clothes seller at the Kericho open air market is slowly building his name as one the most reliable indigenous road contractor in the county.

For most people, road construction is the preserve of deep-pocketed companies.

But Charles Kipng’eno Langat, 47, is changing this perception and showing residents of South Rift that the thriving business is within the reach of ordinary citizens.