The man arrived in Nairobi in 2007 with almost no resources, found work, taught himself tailoring and eventually opened his own shop.

His enterprise grew to two shops employing ten staff, and at its peak he sold one of the shops for KSh 3.2 million (about $25,000), a sum that surprised fellow traders.

During that period he married, started a family and enjoyed a level of stability many Kenyans aspire to.

His fortunes reversed after his second marriage ended in divorce and, contrary to his father's advice, he entered a third marriage, coinciding with a slowdown in his remaining business.

Rent arrears accumulated, eroding the proceeds from the earlier shop sale, and an attempt to raise cash by selling a piece of land in Garissa also failed to restore his finances.

He now sells samosas in the same market where his tailoring shops once operated, a stark contrast to his earlier role as an employer of ten workers.

Reflecting on the experience, he regrets expanding his family before securing sufficient resources and warns that wealth requires careful stewardship and vigilance against complacency.