Athletic coach is reaping big after venturing into agribusiness.
Nahashon Kibon is practising mixed farming apart from being engaged as a coach.
He is rearing livestock as well as growing crops at his farm in Uasin Gishu County.
He practices dairy farming, poultry keeping and horticulture farming.
"I keep cows for milk and rear Kienyeji chicken.This is the business I started not long ago,"Kibon said.
"In my farm, I also grow onions,oranges and apples.Though the one for apples is not well established since I started recently,"He added.
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| Chicks feeding at his farm |
Kibon says he has been able to earn reasonable income from his ventures.
"I sell milk to the processor while some is for home consumption.This has enabled me earn extra money from my dairy farming business,"He said.
He is also reaping from his poultry farming where supplies meat and eggs apart from earnings from his onions and oranges.
According to Kibon, the need to secure his future necessitated his move to venture into agribusiness.
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| Orange trees |
"The work I am engaged right now may not last and I need to plant ahead for another stream of income,"he explained.
He is among others in athletic profession who serves as a role model for athletes in investment.
Stories are told of athletes who won huge race proceeds but later got impoverished because they failed to plan for their investment.
"Athletics pays well and one can easily forget that athlete's career is short.You need to plan on how to invest to enable you continue getting income after retirement,"Kibon advises.
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| Athletic coach Nahashon Kibon at his farm in Eldoret. |
Many athletes wakes up to a windfall, quickly changing their lifestyles and starts wasting money because they lack investment know-how.
However the trend is changing slowly with several athletes changing Eldoret town with their investments and other ventures across the country.
"What is the need of having money after winning some races yet you can't even buy a cow to give you milk later. I mean investment.I want to challenge athletes or anyone to invest either in real estate or agribusinesses. Even any other venture that is profitable,"He said.
Kibon said athletes should seek help from trusted investment experts on profitable ventures.