Youth makes Sh1,000 daily hawking drinks

For the past two years, Mohamed Kofa, 24, from Madogo in Tana River County, has earned a living selling soft drinks in buses plying the Nairobi-Hola road. He is part of the Madogo Youth Junction Hawkers Group, who decided to form a welfare group to advance their businesses.

He was unable to raise the capital on his own so he approached wholesalers who supplied him with goods. He promised to pay them at the end of the day. “After Form Four, I realised I needed to generate my own income. Our county is dry and can hardly support any agricultural activity. I decided to approach established retailers who agreed to supply me as long as I paid at the end of the day. I have an arrangement with the bus drivers who allow me to hawk my wares. Sales are often good because Tana River is hot and travellers need to quench their thirst,” says Kofa.