06/05/2026
https://amoribeefarmer.co.ke/2026/04/21/chak-achaka-how-a-luo-saying-and-an-agricultural-show-changed-my-life/
Let me be honest with you. The thought of keeping bees used to send shivers down my spine.
Not the quiet, manageable kind of nervousness that you push through easily. Real, genuine fear. Bees sting. They move in thousands. They do not negotiate. And here I was considering inviting them onto my farm, into boxes I would have to open with my own hands.
For a while, that fear was enough to keep me exactly where I was — thinking, but not starting.
Chak achaka Every business has a beginning. Most beginnings are not glamorous. Mine started with fear, a string of unhelpful government offices, and a Luo proverb that refused to leave me alone. It was 2019. I was looking for something — an alternative source of income, a way to build something of...