Cynthia Akatch a comrade at Maseno University has been hustling her way out in a business centre in Kisumu City, till when she decided to team up with other comrades who do visit salons, restaurant, IT centres till when now she came up with a boutique two years ago and launched it.
Ms Akach says she has dependable customers in the army of university students housed at the adjacent Varsity Plaza.
Some are her classmates at Maseno while other comrades come from the University of Nairobi, KCA University and Mount Kenya University.
When office workers report to their stations at 8am, she also opens her shop and stays on until 5pm when she goes to school within the city, but leaves Sharon, an employee, in charge.
“Sharon steps in for me during the exams. She also helps me a lot with clients who come to the stall in the evening when I am in class,” she says.
When there are no customers, she finds the rare space to look at books, reading and working on class assignments.
Dead stock is a big challenge, she offers, saying some of these slow down the investment while the unsightly and dusty bundle also invites people who pick them up, believing it would take long before the owner notices the pilferage. It’s a big loss, Ms Akach says.
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