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| Mr Antony poses for a photo in his nyuki car on arrival at Chuka University |
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| Nyuki parked in Chuka University's parking lot |
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| Mr Antony driving his nyuki car into the parking lot |
Photos by: Adika Sammy
The world is full of intellectuals because those who designed the dictionary did not leave out the word ‘justify.’ Dreams are valid is a common phrase to many and justified by Antony Waliaro and Musa Maganga who spared no effort in their quest of inventing a three wheeled manual car that uses a motorcycle engine.
They call it “Nyuki” because they relate its invention to the great impact that spearheaded its invention. Related to a bee sting pain running throughout the body, the idea of nyuki’s invention stung on Antony's brain leaving all pieces of peace into no piece.
Antony, a mechanical engineer, had a dream of developing his own brand of a car here in Kenya and with the help of his friend Musa, a music producer, they actualised the dream in 2014 when they invented the car and travelled from Mombasa to Busia border.
The two from Mombasa county are peace ambassadors and have travelled across all the coastal counties of Kenya and through Nairobi to Chuka, Tharaka Nithi county and later to Meru county. They have dubbed their travel journey as “Peace Tour Mashinani” and branded it to their car with lots of Patriotism to the country. “We love our country Kenya and we are promoting peace mashinani. We started in Kilifi county and through to this place uniting Kenyans with the idea of inventions and development regardless of our tribal differences.” Musa noted in an earlier interview in Chuka University.
The invention of “nyuki” has received massive support from common citizens and they say their dream will be fully actualised when they meet President Uhuru Kenyatta and sell to him their idea of starting a production company of similar machine. “With the beautiful shape and size of our machine, we are looking forward to meeting our able President and we hope to get his support in transforming the common citizen’s life by making such and affordable machine in the local market and at a cheaper price.” Musa added.
The invention of such car will boost Kenya’s economy and provide employment opportunities amongst the youth in the country. All dreams are valid when justified through experiments and actualisation.
Story by: Adika Sammy
