Still looking for a job? Meet Mr. Edgar

Edgar Otieno always wanted to have money. Lots of money. Despite having been born to a rural family of modest means, he knew it was a long shot. But it was not until he landed in Nairobi in the mid 1990s from his village in Siaya County that he realized just how steep the slope of life is and the effort it would require to scale it.

It took the young Otieno nearly five years knocking on the doors of employers before he found a footing in what he describes as the most unlikely place – the insurance industry. Armed with strong belief in his ability to apply the skills and energy he had acquired from his parents and school, Mr Otieno has in less than five years scaled the career ladder to stand above Kenya’s most celebrated salesmen.


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