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I quit accounting career for a garage business

Almost every town or cities within Kenya has a garage which caters for the automobile sector. The rise of the garage business has been boosted by the fact that most millennials can now afford vehicles easily due to the affordability and financial options available across the board.

This new trend has created a booming business venture for most Kenyans, Mark Okumu, the founder and Managing Director of Haji Motors Limited is a living testimony. He has been in the garage business for the last 16 years having quitted his well-paying job as an accountant to venture into the auto repair business.

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