Inspiration can come from anywhere or anyone irregardless of all the odds.A class eight leaver David Burii has raised flags of those who were unable to attend high school after establishing a machinery business valued at ksh 6 million.
In 1993, after completing his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), his dream of becoming an engineer was shattered when he lacked school fees to proceed.
He, however, did not despair but kept innovating until he landed a necessary portable farming machine, EasyDry 500, that can dry maize, wheat, rice and other grains in three hours thereby saving farmers time and hustle.
After leaving primary school, Burii enrolled for a two-year course at Nanyuki Polytechnic pursuing mechanics out of necessity and not because he liked the study field.
“After harvesting, farmers spend a lot of time and resources drying maize in the sun. Sometimes it’s even rained on when there are unexpected showers, resulting to more losses. I thought of how I could manufacture a machine that would solve this problem,” he told reporters.
Today Burii is face to reckon with across the country and even in Africa as a whole.
So far, since making the innovation in 2013, Burii has built 70 units and sold 23 of them with each one valued at Ksh 90,000.