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VARSITY STUDENTS START UP BIKE HIRING BUSINESS

While other university students keep pressuring their parents with rent, school fees and pocket money, a group students from different campuses have recently started up a bicycle hiring business- DAECHA Cycles- around Maseno University to help raise their personal upkeep money and school fees.

Arry Ochieng’- Moi University, Collins Oduor- Moi University, Ian Ogenga- JKUAT and Kevin Ochieng Kisumu Polytechnic who have been friends since their primary school days used their personal savings to raise the business capital that was around Sh130,000 which was used to purchase the first 13 bicycle each going for Sh10,000.

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