"The Money Makers"

“THE MONEY MAKERS” The headlines on Saturday Nation Newspaper captured my attention. I held out a fifty bob to the vendor and grabbed the paper. All the faces on the front page are very familiar to me… these are Kenyans I admire, these are the CEO’s running the show on the corporate scene….and they are youthful. I am a very ambitious person, and I consider myself a leader.. as I read through, I keep telling myself….. “.. I swear I will be like one of these people…” (and I still swear I will!)… These are Kenyans who have been entrusted with responsibilities and proved that integrity and professionalism can do wonders….. I once worked in the business headed by Adan Mohammed and I truly admired his business acumen, he is professional and means business (incidentally, Martin Oduor-Otieno and Julius Kipng’etich-KWS have worked for the same business)

Of interest to me as well was Mr. Titus Naikuni, the man heading Kenya Airways. He joined Magadi Soda as a trainee engineer and rose up the ranks to be its MD in 16years. I joined my current employer as a Management trainee/Graduate Trainee and this gives me hope and the necessary motivation to aspire for the top post as well. …