On Thursday, September 10, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko offered the youth advice on ‘get rich quick’ schemes that could theoretically ruin their lives.
The governor encouraged the youth to work hard as success comes after a number of failures that prepare the person to make a breakthrough whenever it comes.
“To our young men under 30, fortunes and success in life are as a result of hard work. If you by any chance angukia (get lucky) and become rich, you have cheated in life, and most definitely you will fall back to zero. The best diamond passes through hot fire,”Sonko Said.
“The sweetest success has a story. You start a business, tried and failed, tried and failed, tried and failed and so on and so on until business teaches you enough money lessons,” he added.
Sonko also pointed out ‘easy to come, easy to go,’ with most of those involved in money laundering companies struggling to remain at the top for a long time.
The Governor disclosed that a number of youths have been approached with mega deals that have big promises to get rich overnight and drive a high-class car.
He encouraged the youth to work hard despite failures as conning high profile businessmen is not easy to get away with.
“There are two things to understand in these businesses, you can’t cheat on big fish, and if you do they will not have a second thought pulling that trigger,” he said.
“Two, you can’t outsmart them, you can’t tell of their secret businesses, they watch your life more than your mother watches you. What a life you have money but nowhere to spend because you are being watched. If not by them, the DCI is tracking your steps,” added Sonko.
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