{"id":26178,"date":"2021-04-19T17:12:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=26178"},"modified":"2021-04-19T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T16:50:01","slug":"i-secretly-used-school-fees-to-build-matatu-empire-jamal-roho-safi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/i-secretly-used-school-fees-to-build-matatu-empire-jamal-roho-safi","title":{"rendered":"I Secretly Used School Fees to Build Matatu Empire – Jamal Roho Safi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nairobi Matatu Operators Chairman Jamal Ibrahim, popularly known as Jamal Roho Safi, has revealed how he started his fleet of matatus using school fees behind his parents back.<\/p>\n

Speaking during an interview on April 19, he said that he pocketed Ksh 420,000 which he was given to enrol in a local aviation school.<\/p>\n

Jamal would stay with his siblings in Nairobi\u2019s South C area because his parents lived in Kajiado and didn\u2019t know whether or not he had been admitted.<\/p>\n

He started off as a tout and used his income to top up the Ksh 420,000 and bought a used matatu that operated on the Nairobi-South C route.<\/p>\n

\u201cI continued working as a tout on a different matatu and gave my vehicle to a team which would use it and give me money at the end of the day,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

When the late Minister John Michuki ordered the enforcement of Michuki rules, Jamal decided to comply as other PSVs went on strike.<\/p>\n

He registered his Telaviv Sacco, applied for a TLB license and ensured that his matatu was on the roads, much to the anger of his colleagues.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a few days, some owners approached me and asked how I was able to operate despite the tough rules. I registered their cars into my sacco and they got the required clearance and soon other owners followed,\u201d the businessman intimated.<\/p>\n

After a while, he started demanding payment Ksh 500 from all the vehicles he had registered and would receive as much as Ksh 30,000 per day.<\/p>\n

After saving most of the money, Jamal was able to invest more vehicles in the industry, expanding his influence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have seven saccos operating in and outside Nairobi and 16 PSVs for both short and long-distance travel,\u201d the matatu boss revealed.<\/p>\n

Apart from the matatu industry, Jamal has also invested in online businesses and technology, with plans to import the Covid-19 vaccine if approved by the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. Nairobi Matatu Operators Chairman Jamal Ibrahim, popularly known as Jamal Roho Safi, has revealed how he started his fleet of matatus using school fees behind his parents back. 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