Saturday, December 1, 2012

The 'Matatu' madness: What about business owners?

When operators of public service vehicles decided to strike, I was in the library studying a beautiful course - Financial Institutions and Markets, once in a while reading about successful entrepreneurs. A city that was alive with business activities was now spotting streams of people walking fast from their offices. That was 4pm. The following day, a Friday, 'furahi day' (happy day) many never turned up for work.

This then got me thinking what tremendous losses entrepreneurs have incurred as a result of lost man hours. What about our economy?

Thats why i advice before standing with a loud speaker claiming, your right...think about the rights of others and how they will be affected by your action. I do not say that we terolate violations or that we keep our problems to ourselves. But some caution and responsibility is required. This is the message leaders must promote.

I wish the many hardworking entrepreneurs who felt the impact of the strike, well and recovery in days and months to come.

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