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Jimal Marlow Rohosafi's Biography in Summary

Kenya's matatu sector is one of the most important employment in the country. This industry generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and has made some people quite wealthy. Some well-known businessmen, such as Bonfire Adventures CEO Simon Kabu, began their careers in the matatu market before moving on to greater and better things. Jamal Roho Safi is another person who has made a fortune in the sector and enjoys being in the spotlight.

Jamal Roho Safi is an entrepreneur who knows how to take advantage of opportunities and make money.

The businessman hails from an Islamic family and is a practicing Muslim, having been born into a family of 14 children. He grew up in Kajiado before moving to South C. His mother truly wanted him to become a pilot after graduating high school, but the young guy did not have a desire for it and would later utilize money meant for his schooling to buy his first Matatu.

Career

Immediately after high school, he decided to become a tout and diligently did this for two years. Later, he bought his own matatu and employed a driver and a tout while he went ahead to become a driver in someone else’s vehicle. Even while driving, he had a vision to make it and worked towards achieving this.

When the directive for matatus to become a Sacco became serious, he asked some friends whether they could come together to form one but they declined. Therefore, he registered his Sacco Telaviv and little by little other matatus began to join him and he charged them a certain amount for them to be part of the Sacco. This is how he began making a lot of money.

Later, he was elected chairman of matatu association, a position he has now held for four years. He still has two more years before his term ends. 

Today, he is also venturing to the online business and came up with the concept Ajira Chap Chap whose aim is to hook job seekers with jobs and employers with employees.

Personal Life

Jamal met his first wife Amira back in high school and the two got married and were blessed with two sons. She stood by him through his difficult moments and never gave up on him.

Late 2020, popular blogger Edgar Obare exposed him for having an affair with socialite Amber Ray and released several pictures of the two looking all lovey dovey. Later, Jamal introduced her as his second wife something that did not sit well with the first wife.

Amira said she understands that the religion of Islam allows two wives, however, she feels bad having to find out about Amber through social media. This led to a fierce online battle with the two launching malicious attacks on each other.

Jamal Roho Safi Biography, background, career and personal life

According to the president of the Matatus association, he loves his two wives and marriage to four wives. He added that Amber changed his life before he met her, he would spend his time and money on other women, but after he met Amber he was fine. determined.

Surviving on Loans

Jamal's first wife, Amira, made damned media reports that her husband was super rich. She tells Edgar Obare that her man “… is not rich. He lives on loans", adding that he survives "na madeni ya watu".

In a retort, Jamal told Word Is that he had three bank loans worth 320 million Keso.

“I owe 150 million shillings to one bank and 80 million shillings to another and 90 million shillings to another bank. If you owe three banks, you have a good income to support those loans…” said the pompous businessman.