Friday, August 7, 2015

Respect The Hustle: From repairing electronics to restoring old cars

Most of old and unused vehicles end up being used as scrap metals. But Richard Kisulani has found this as an opportunity and his daily job is to now restore these old cars and bring them back to life.

VDubWhat he actually do is when you bring that 1950 or 1960 something Volkswagen, he will not repair it but will instead remove all the interior and remain with the shell and start ‘manufacturing’ the vehicle again. All you need is Sh200,000 to over Sh1million.

Nevertheless, Kisulani is keen to keep the originality of the car, especially the engines if not damaged and of course return your number plate that will easily depicts car’s age.

When I visit his small Garage in Kaloleni Area, Eastland parts of Nairobi, I am eager to know how many engineering degrees he has, considering the kind of work he does. But Kisulani has just a form four certificate from Ofafa Jerico High School. However, the metal work skills he learnt in high school as one of the technical subjects is all he has.

In our third episode of Respect The Hustle, Kisulani explains how despite missing his dream to become a pilot due to lack of finances almost ten years ago, found new and unique passion in 2012 that does not only give him good money but a lot of joy and confidence of a stable career.



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