Life is always precious to me...everything I put my mind on or hold prospers. Opportunities come to me easily by what Christians call favor. I term it as "Opportunity Magnet". So last year while working in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, I received a call from a friend I had met 10 years ago while attending a party. So the call content included a catch up of how my life had been for the last 10 years.
This is in 2023 and so the order of the day is an engagement for installation of a video conferencing hardware in an Non Governmental Organization based at Addis Ababa. So she asks me whether I could manage the installation, and since I am confident in IT and related aspects, I respond with an outstanding YES. So the job was awarded to me. She promised to pay me KES 50,000 (Kenyan Shillings) equivalent to 25,000 ETB (Ethiopian Birrs). So as a consultant I hired an IT specialist, a plumber to drill the wall ready for the following day of engagement. So the following day, my team and I reach the site and implement our task. While there, my Kenyan friend calls and remind me to send her photos of each step of installation. I honour that and sent each detail with explanation.
After testing the system, we received a request from the client to buy 2 cables that cost 10,000 ETB. I reach out to my friend in Kenya and she approved the purchase and promised to refund the 10,000 ETB immediately. So I bought the cables and received a completion certificate for the work done. My friend in Kenya called me and insisted that we must send her the completion certificate and our invoice for the processing of our money. After sending the documents, we waited for the money from November 2023 to March 2024 when I decided to use my debt collection strategies.
It is important to note that my friend from Kenya never picked calls and never replied texts. So the debt collection was to use the client and get to my friend in Kenya. Since I work in Ethiopia, I called the client and threatened to storm the office and remove what I had installed. The client was so helpful and told me that my Kenyan friend had been paid the previous month (February 10th). I wondered why people are that greedy, she had not paid me even the money I spent to buy cables.
Immediately she was called, she tried to reach to me but could not pick her calls. I gave her an ultimatum to deposit the money by close of business that day or expos her further. She deposited that evening.
Why wait till you are shamed to pay other people's debts.
I purpose to pay all my debts this year...
Kind regards
Kiago
Addis-Ababa
Ethiopia
