 Welcome back to Y2Four channel. You have been watching why in the morning the previous interview has been with Karanja Alex My name is Joy Machache. Once again, this is Tuesday entrepreneurship If you want to reach out to us you can do so on why in the morning hashtag and hashtag Tuesday entrepreneurship and the social media handles are Right there at the bottom of the screen right now We're about to talk to a florist who goes by the name of Mr. Wang Boa and he's going to tell us actually Introduce himself and tell us how long he's been in the business before we start this interview You can find me on particular social media platforms on Joy underscore Machache Karibu Sanasa Yes, my name is Simon Moura. Yes, maybe some people call me Mourbaugh. That's Moura Mourbaugh Moura. So I'm a florist. Yes And I've been to this business for like 15 10 to 15 years So I'm like that. Okay 10 to 15 years. Yes, I see and what is a particular place that we show based? Okay, I mean based in Westlands. Okay, it's called the Ungar house. Okay. Next to Ungar house But it's the place is called a Shamil court Shamil court. Yes Yeah, I'm always a porter. I couldn't talk to you in the house. It's next to yeah next to yeah Aha, all right. So 10 years is a long time to do something. Yes. That means that you're quite experienced in it Sure. All right, and your family man. You're telling me with my family man. All right Also 10 years. Yeah, and so let's start by asking a question Which I'm sure a lot of our viewers want to know when it comes to This florist business. Yes, how does it go about in supporting your family? The floor business in the bud because I've been there for The time I've seen and I think I Can't I think to me I can't do anything else. I'm okay with that business. You're gonna get whatever I do I'm okay. I'm happy. You're okay. You're happy. I love the job. Yeah. Yes, you're supporting your people Yes, I just call it like there's a bridge so many people have used the bridge and they're not on the other side Yes, yes, but there's nothing wrong with your florist business, you know No, yes, there's nothing wrong because once again flowers are beautiful. I particularly love flowers Yeah, I have to have someone my dining table. Okay after every week. I change them. That's how much I love flowers Good. Yes, and so let's start by learning your journey a little bit. Yes. Yeah, okay No, okay. No, they have my seven flowers. It's not that I I Just a plant that I would like to be a florist. It's only that one day I woke up. I Was in another In another area. Okay, so like the way people are complaining in Kenya that they have three four months not paid It happens to me like in 20 204 a rod at a time. So when I was seated in the house very much jobless a Friend of mine came aid. Yes. Yeah, a friend of mine came to into my house and I was just there like a useless man. So Good morning, and I thought yeah morning, but I'm not so happy. So I told me that I have a place I can take you. Yeah, maybe you can try to see whether you can get into To the business they're doing and I told him okay very fast. I Woke up and we went there So only to realize is that in it's in flowers. So I didn't know anything about flowers But the people who are there they are very they were very Frederick in flower business about a Curiosity and you want to to know more you want to know to know a lot in flowers So the time I arrived there was I was shown you're supposed to start like these you are supposed to do these This is how you take care of the flowers. This is how you had to then and I was there Within one two three days I started moving on slowly slowly slowly within one two three weeks I could do something Within one two three weeks. Yes, you were into it. Yes, and you said that there's nothing you see yourself doing at the moment Yes And I like the way you said that you're at home and your friend just came over. Yeah He said good morning and there was nothing good about the morning. Yes Because I had like three I think I had three days Very huggy. I don't you can I think supper in the and a brief a breakfast in like a day before Yes, yes. Yeah, okay And even if you wanted to start another business at that point you couldn't because again You're not being paid in how corner capital attack once again. Yes, yes Yeah, so basically you had no way out and the very funny thing on that week I used to to stay in no cabbette. Yes. So Kibbut there's a place called Moumuto Now I was moving to I was called to go to To town so I was trekking from Moumuto to town every day and So I remember this day and I'll never forget. Mm-hmm. I had 20 shillings in my pocket So these a touts came to and I was on a stage. They are waiting for a matter to and I told good Oh, please let let these people accept accept my 20 shillings by the time I stopped the matter to The matter the Maka came and and I showed him 20 shillings. They were they were skiing. I think for 40 So I told him I have 20 he did like this. Oh So gosh, I was done. What have I done? I took my 20 bobbin to the pocket so the the mudfire, you know this the we used to call the mudfire is these a Buzzes are KBS. Mm-hmm. So those these they were in the that looter So what what I did I entered through the back door. Okay, and I went to so I I saw the The conductor coming. Yes so I followed in they used to to get from the First door and they get into the other door. So as the he went out. I also went inside with the same speed So as he was starting from the other line, I went out from the other door So I went to town flee of charge That is how my life started. You're being naughty. Yeah, but you had to make your way to yeah I had to make my way to town. Yes. So through the abysses. I got from the other tout the other one I got a blessing. Uh-huh. Yes. Yes Okay, so that is how I am needed to be in town and from there that is how I got into For a business that is a very interesting story. Yes, I like this because I know there's someone who's watching who's feeling encouraged Good, that's what was I you're not the only one. There's a lot of people sitting at home on their couches jobless You know how Kenya is at the moment employment machine a Kubo so out to tour make a T3 walk you watch TV I'm a to walk his dress. No, no, and I'm glad that you brought a light You've shed light into this business of of doing flowers What how do you go about now? Let's start about the business as I you've told us about your journey about where you're based And how long you're doing it and how why you started doing it now? Let's talk of the business itself a little bit How do you go about making arrangements for your flowers because it takes a creative mind to do so? Arrangements is like I've said so this way you start this how you add. Yeah, there's the way you start it and there you edit Yes, so there's a way we call you are doing a table arrangement like for this table You automatically need to have a holder something to hold water. Yeah, that is usually have usually use a quick record Pre-create reports all plastic plates So from that and you get Something we call form or assist so you dip the or assist into water Not like the you get clothes and deep and you start pushing in what no you just put it in water I did it goes down slowly by slowly once is fully watered You take it you put it in the clip what and you do the you get something called at the mesh wire the one that usually To So you cut the piece that is equal to that size of the pot from there you get something called Biding Biding wire, so that one is the one that is going to tie from up And it's now very strong from there you get the knife flowers are done with knives Not either pangas or axles. No just small knives like like this size So you start once you decide the arrangement design want to do no you're there you come to the flowers They are set you finish with elephants the the flowers are done. Yes. Can you clear time away a mess I love? Okay, I will ever I came I came from I Sorry, I was just disturbing you a little bit. Yes, but that is a hint. Yes, feel free to bring us some flowers I could come I could have some to to arrange and you could have just like what I'm doing. I know I could Aha, all right. So we've learned a little bit about how you go about doing your arrangements. What exactly do do your arrangements for? What kind of events? Okay arrangements are for so many occasions Like one it's like for your office. You can have an arrangement here like when you're doing your interviews You can have an arrangement. There's so many offices require government offices require flowers Everybody because flowers because flowers once you see the flower like If yes, you're so much stressed and you just go somewhere and you look at a flower you might Get a kind of relaxation. You are you relax. You get another you get another Lee Yeah, so I usually see so many people. They usually come to my place Not then I'll buy they just come and enjoy red flowers yellow flowers white Nini plants and you just see somebody now. I'm a part of my my sham up here. Amanda free of charge There's other people who usually come to my place as well. I've talked of Oasis a foam This one is a little bit funny like no when somebody is a Just about to get a baby in pregnant stages. So like in my case, I have seen it in Like for my wife, she she liked to have petrol Petro when I go to the station to feel like I had to to carry another Kibuyo With me home. So that she can get this male elevator. She's happy Yeah, so I have some people who usually come there They like to get the washes and they enjoy is only to place the the washes to get that noise And they are happy Yes Welcome to my presence. You just be very happy. It's not happy. You place it and Once you are you are tired or you're satisfied you get your Yes, I can understand for pregnant women because kuna cravings for very strange things strange smells And everything through others foods are anything you clearly anything even other zeem or shiagari It's weird. I'm gonna do Lisa surely. Hi, and then immediately the baby has gone. It's a different story Yes, so I'm glad that you brought up the importance of flowers and making people Happy and changing their moods. Yes, and you know, we have been talking for quite some time I know it doesn't seem like so but time has flown and we have to close our interview a little bit soon But we cannot do that without playing showing some of your work Okay, because if the anyone is at home and is interested in Mr. Mora doing an arrangement for you We're going to show up Display some of his photos as we continue to talk so that musiangali and I'm scared one and whether you can reach Reach out to him call him up so that he can do an arrangement for you And towards the end you'll also have to leave ways in which people can contact you come on the social media Which ever number business number or some things? Yes before the pictures come So, you know, we've talked about how flowers change people's moods. They make them happy at our hospitality Yes, you find that and and that's the thing and I don't know why people don't put two and two together about flowers You know when you're going to see someone sick in hospital, why do we take them flowers? Have we ever asked it's because they actually brighten someone's mood no matter how I do it There's something they do to you just by looking and smelling them Yeah, so let me ask when it comes to expertise on arrangements of flowers ten years is a long time sir ten years a long time and Are you interested in branching off and creating a different? How can I say different branches of your business around Nairobi? So in matters pertaining to opening other branches, okay flower florist for our business is Full it's it's like everywhere in Kenya We have florist in Mabasa. We have florist in Eldorad. I think Nankuru and on that on that note We have as usual some flowers and As much as we have so many as usual like now it's few few years ago We had elections and I've been the shaman for flowers flower vendors in Kenya So for some time, but now their vision is like it's not a little bit dominant So I'm calling also the florist to come up again, and we start again and build this industry again. Yes. Yes Good. Yes Lastly you said and your flowers by the way are playing on display on air right now as we speak Okay, and lastly you said that you export flowers outside of Kenya Okay, they we have florist in Tanzania. Yes, and So most of the florist in Dar es Salaam and in frozen Dar es Salaam and in Okay, TZ Tizad in Dar es Salaam. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, Dar es Salaam. I have florist in Dar es Salaam So we usually give them flowers and others are in Mubasa, you know, sometimes people used to say that Mubasa see Kenya So when Mubasa times not to be Kenya, so now we should give them flowers as well. I see Oh, that's wonderful because Nairobi is a there's a producing area Nairobi is the highest produced and I learned this recently Nairobi is the largest producer of flowers even to Europe That's madness. I didn't know those like what flowers we get a lot of tans to your pot every day to be transported So we usually work with another grade. Yeah, but okay, the the best grade goes to To Europe another the good flowers. Yes, one at watch. Yes, the best You guys Try to maintain that and you have to that and you're happy with it and actually the Europeans don't know those flowers I've come from Kenya. They think we are starving. They don't yeah. Yes. Okay. That's very interesting. That's very interesting I've had a very Great time looking at some of the photos of the arrangements that you're doing and I've had a great time talking to you here On on air and learning about what you're planning to do with your business and I wish you the best of luck in that venture Thank you, and I do hope that you'll be able to open these different branches If you are to open a branch for one of your own, what would you call it? How would you name it? Yes, the one I have I've been working with this life decorators and fraud designers. Yes because Westlife is I just for this name a little bit Good, Westlife And it's like in Westlands and there's life in it. Yes west life and life So then the other one is deco decorations and designs because in in in flowers is You you have all those things in you have creativity You can be told by a current do this And maybe she or he don't have an idea what I need to do. Oh, yeah, but when I come in there I'll I'll be able to expose what now she requires only. Yeah, so that uh, it's just a tick It's just a tick. Yes. Oh, that's wonderful. Well, um, thank you so much for coming Yes, and thank you so much for tuning into Tuesday entrepreneurship. This has been why in the morning There's one more interview that we have we won Barry Moses with two Beautiful gorgeous ladies from the pageant and you guys we are not through this is why in the morning hashtag Tuesday entrepreneurship find me. Enjoy. And it's gonna charge you if you need and if you must and since I have shared Where to find me you must share where to find you Come here. I can do it. Okay So if you want to find me you get me in Westlands and my number Uh, you can get me in 0 7 2 1 2 1 again 2 7 1 5 That one is