"nitavukaje"....Kutana na Milionea Mdogo Brighton Swai Miaka 11....Ameweza Kukuza Mtaji wake wa Kuku Wawili hadi Kufikia 160....Tuseme Akiamua Kuuza Kila Mmoja Sh Elfu 20 Atapata Milioni 3 na Lakini Mbili

Brighton akihudumia kuku wake

Brighton Swai, 11 is an aspiring entrepreneur who could be in the list of young future entrepreneurs, aspiring to inspire others to venture into self-employment

This is because, at the age above, he have been able to grow his chicken population from 2 to more than 160, which if everyone is sold at an average of Sh20, 000, it earns him Sh3.2 million.

 “I have managed to raise the number to hundreds and hope to increase the number in future,” he says.

Brighton who is the second born from the family of three children is only a Grade Six pupil at Royal Elite School

Having benefited from a large family compound Brighton also keeps different livestock.

He has seven goats, guinea fowls and two huge tortoises. One tortoise is four years old now.

“I love pets since I was still a very little child when my mother bought a small hare for me,” he says.

His passion for keeping animals heightened when he visited his grandfather who keeps different animals including; goats and cows.

He was inspired by his grandfather’s passion for animals and decided to use the opportunity to ask for one goat.

“Few months later, my grandfather sent me one he goat as he had promised; To date I have seven goats,” he says. Brighton also got two indigenous chicken from his grandfather, his father added three to make a total of five.

Though three of the chicken died of some strange disease that he couldnt understand, Brighton carried on with his passion.

He has managed to increase the number of chicken through adopting the incubator system of producing chics which made the number of chicken to increase significantly

Over the years he has learnt how to plan his time to avoid concentrating on one thing.

He goes to school from Monday to Friday and after classes he inspects his project to see whether the animals and birds are well fed.

“I have my uncle who takes care of the project when I am in class.

After class and during the weekends I only help him with some activities like feeding and cleaning to keep the huts safe from diseases,” he says.

Even with such a bright business he wishes to become a pilot and to expand his poultry business to a bigger scale.

His mother, Vannesa Swai says her son started loving animals at a very tender age.

Source: The Citizen