Businesswoman Shares Inspiring Story Of Rising From Secretary To Hospital Owner, Peeps React

• Grace Wangare Muthuma was orphaned at a young age and struggled to make ends meet in a family of seven
• She revealed that she had to relocate to Saudi Arabia to secure funds for her university fees after completing her KCSE
• Wangare is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nairobi Outpatient Gulf Limited with branches in Nairobi and Mombasa

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Grace Wangare Muthuma has risen from grass to grace, having lived in abject poverty.

Why Grace Wangare moved to Saudi Arabia

Wangare was orphaned at a young age and struggled to make ends meet. She recalled lacking fees to proceed to college after completing her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in 2004.

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In her conversation with CEO Today, Wangare revealed that she had to relocate to Saudi Arabia to secure funds for her university fees.

"My journey is quite long. I was just a small girl from a village in Kiambu who grew up on a farm. I was orphaned at a very young age and I grew up hating poverty because that is what occupied half of our life.

My journey started after high school, around 2003/2004. After I passed my KCSE, I did not have a way out, campus was calling and there was no money. My sister was in Saudi Arabia, and at 19, I left to stay with her for three years, saving money to fund my college education," she disclosed.

Working as a secretary

After returning to Kenya, the money she saved was not enough to fund her education.

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However, she was lucky to secure a job as a secretary at one of the local recruitment agencies. The experience saw her establish her agency.

"Upon my return, the limited funds I had were insufficient for my college expenses. Consequently, I took up a position as a secretary for a woman named Amina, who specialised in job placements abroad. After working for her for a few years, I eventually established my venture, now known as Muthuma International Agency in 2010," she narrated.

How Grace Wangare launched hospital

She quit her secretarial job to focus on her business. She had free time to study procurement, and in 2019, she got a call from a previous company she worked for, which awarded her a medical tender.

The company wanted a level F laboratory, but she did not have a medical background.

Wangare nevertheless developed a lab which grew to become the Nairobi Outpatient Gulf Hospital.

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She partnered with several doctors to set up the health facility, but some took advantage of her inexperience.

Wangare managed to secure the requisite licences with the hospital expanding to have branches in Nairobi, Nyali and Mombasa.

Since its inception, it has served over 16,000 patients.

Lady inspires the youth with her entrepreneurship story

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported about a young lady who shared her story to motivate many people online, telling how she defied the odds to bring out her entrepreneurial skills.

Sharing a thread on Twitter, the young lady revealed she used money meant for her school fees as start-up capital for her food business.

Source: TUKO.co.ke