Munyua owns 12 maroon fits, each and every of which value him Sh6, 000, which totals to Sh72, 000. [File, Standard]
His type sense is to die for. The person from Limuru, for the previous 3 years, has all the time donned a maroon swimsuit with out fail. And it’s now not simply any swimsuit, it needs to be a three-piece!
After we stuck up with him on the bus terminus, he was once taking a look good and wearing on along with his day by day regimen. His sense of fashion has earned him the nickname, Hightower. Girls don’t conceal their emotions for him. They only love him.
“This apparel has labored magic. I don’t combat to get passengers to board my matatu; they simply love being related to me. Occasionally, once I’m accumulating cash from the passengers, they get surprised and wonder whether I’m certainly a makanga. Many of the passengers are ladies and infrequently they believe I’m an artist or a TV host. They supplement me and ask the place I am getting my narrow fits. School women hit on me, however I all the time take care of professionalism”, he stated.
He owns 12 maroon fits, each and every of which value him Sh6, 000, which totals to Sh72, 000. A part of his wage is going against his hire in Limuru the town and “I spend money on just right garments as a result of I really like being in my very own international.”
So, how does he find the money for the fits?
“I like my activity and coping with other folks every day calls for you to be a minimize above your competition. Any one I provoke, forums my matatu. Within the town centre, watu wanang’ang’ania kuingia kwa matatu yangu, particularly rush hour. Some folks will simply board as a result of others are boarding, however this is just right for trade”, he stated.
Munyua says that previously, he gained a large number of bashing from his workmates because of his sense of fashion.
“Many laughed at me, questioning why I used to be spending such a lot cash on garments as an alternative of making an investment in different places. I’m the type of one who feels just right when I’m dressed up. I imagine your bodily look determines who you might be in existence. all of the conductors are required to have a maroon uniform, so I simply upped my sport and determined mine can be neat, smartly ironed and aromatic. That made all of the distinction in my line of labor”, he stated.
He published that he sought after to switch the narrative that makangas are grimy.
“Ahead of becoming a member of the matatu trade, I heard tales of ways makangas are grimy and this impressed me to convey exchange. I will find the money for the fits, so why now not?” says Munyua who has been counseled by means of Limuru citizens for being neat and truthful.
Munyua, an alumnus of Ngenia Top College was once presented to touting by means of a pal after finishing secondary faculty. He says that his imaginative and prescient is to begin a circle of relatives in 2022. He plans to paintings laborious and personal a fleet of matatus in order that he can proceed serving the group at the next stage.