Investment Opportunities Worth Betting Your Savings in Bungoma County
The idea of devolution was a new dawn for Kenya. To a common mwananchi, devolution meant government services moving from the traditional “Nairobi” to “mashinani.”
Despite the numerous mismanagement of public funds by county bosses, devolution opened up amazing investment opportunities in counties.
Bungoma County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. It is county 039 in the list of counties in Kenya and if you are looking for a place to invest, you need to hit to road to this place.
Bungoma lies in the former Western province. It has a population of 1,375,063 and covers an area of 2,206.9 square kilometers. Its headquarters is Bungoma town. The governor in charge at the moment Wycliffe Wafula Wangamati.
Majority of Kenyans came to know of Bungoma County when it dominated the headlines after it became the first county in Kenya to purchase the most expensive non-carcinogenic wheelbarrows. The first thing that comes up when you Google “non-carcinogenic wheelbarrows” is Bungoma County.
Forget about the headlines and the wheelbarrows. Within this vast and quiet county lies immense and amazing investment opportunities that can easily cut you a place at the dining table of millionaires in this country.
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Poultry farming
This is a common form of investment in Bungoma County but I can tell you for a fact that people are not doing it the right way. 90 percent of those who keep chicken in Bungoma County do it for food. Very few keep chicken in this county for commercial purposes.
The reason why the majority of people in this county do not keep chicken in large scale for commercial purposes is the general lack of technological know-how. The majority of them fear losses in the event diseases come knocking.
There is an amazing opportunity in investing in kienyeji chicken. Many people don’t like keeping kienyeji because they take too long to mature but the investment is always worth it. Many people in this country prefer kienyeji chicken than any other breed.
It takes four to five months for a kienyeji chicken to mature and be ready for sale in order to fetch good prices. Poultry farming does not require large tracks of land. What you need is a small piece of land, fence it properly, erect structures, partition them and then, boom, you have a home for your chicken.
There are, however, some challenges. Diseases attacking chicken are a common phenomenon in Bungoma County. Chicken is vulnerable and a simple unchecked attack can kill a whole flock within hours. There is a need for a continuous but timely vaccination of your flock.
There are instances of insecurity for your chicken. There are people who have specialized in stealing chicken in this county. Though not common, when it happens, it can flatten your business and in the process, your hopes of making it in the poultry industry. Make sure that your chicken is under lock.
In Bungoma County, the market for chicken differs. You can decide to sell your chicken on wholesale or retail. Retail pays more than wholesale through retail needs more patience. Retail involves selling one or two chicken per day to your immediate neighbors and nearest shopping centers.
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