Dr. Ed. Wambugu [1]

One of the most fascinating stories at the KDNC Second Business Workshop was told by Dr. Edward Wambugu, D.Ed., an educator in Chicago, IL. Dr. Wambugu travels to Kenya at least once a year to supervise ongoing work he has commissioned in his home area Kahiga a small village in Nyeri district. Using money earned in IL, Dr. Wambugu has turned the local shopping center into a progressive commercial center, full with solar power, running water, restaurant, barber shop, a grocery shop, and a clinical dispensary. All these developments evolved around an original project to develop a grocery shop that would serve the local the people in Kahiga village. Fiver years ago he obtained three checking account debit cards from his bank in Chicago, and gave one to his contractor in Kahiga village, one to his brother in Kenya, and kept one with him.
The contractor was responsible for building the shop, and his brother kept an eye to make sure that the project was going as planned. Dr. Wambugu instructed the contractor, and his brother, that they could withdraw money at a bank in Nyeri only when Dr. Wambugu called. He would authorize small quantities like $100 to $200 per month. The shop was done in no time......

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