Kitale Man, 97, Who Started Tailoring At 17 Offers Classes To Young People For Free

• Daniel Karanja, a 97-year-old man, teaches young people tailoring skills to equip them with the necessary tools to help them in the future
• The elderly man began tailoring as a teenager after learning the same skills from a man in Limuru
• Karanja from Kitale, who has tailored for 80 years, teaches young people to tailor for free in his home compound

Kitale—Knowledge is power, and an elderly man has taken it upon himself to pass on his skills and knowledge to the younger generation.

Daniel Karanja offers free tailoring classes to the young people at his homestead to impact their lives.

Where did Karanja learn to tailor?

The elderly man hopes to help the young people get employment opportunities or employ themselves with the skills they get from him.

Karanja joyfully shared how the skills he learned when he was young improved his life for many years.

"I learned tailoring from another old man after missing out on my dream job. He lived in Limuru, Kiambu county. I saw how he sewed, and I was intrigued," he told Citizen TV Kenya.

How tailoring helped Karanja

Karanja from Kitale, Trans-Nzoia county, said he started sewing as early as 17, and 80 years later, he was doing the same.

The work helped him buy land and educate his children, which fueled his desire to help young people.

"I would like all the unemployed young people to work with them. My biggest challenge is where I would get them from," he said.

Join us, Wambani urges young people

His efforts to help the young people he could get have been appreciated by those who have learned from him.

"My fellow young people, do not stay idle at home. Come and join us. The training is free of charge. This work pays, and if you have the material, you can make a pair of trousers or a school shirt," Damaris Wambani said.

Karanja, who is 97-years-old said he would like to upgrade his sewing machine by buying a new one.

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In another story, Sarah Achieng Bibo was raised in the Korogocho slums and watched her mother struggle to pay bills.

She earned a scholarship and returned to her community, determined to change the narrative.

Despite having limited resources, she started a community library that offered books to kids from needy homes.

Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke