Nairobi, the city of cool waters is known to be one of the toughest places to find a job on earth. A hardcore concrete jungle where only the smart ones survive.

Peter Mwangi Wanjama, is a great example. The former street urchin is now making thousands of cash on a daily basis thanks to his creativity. Mwangi, a class six dropout who has had a rough life growing up, came to Nairobi in search for greener pastures after his father died in the late 90's.

"That was in 1996. I was only 16. In fact I trekked for two weeks to Nairobi, only to be greeted by hard life. I ended up in the streets as a chokoraa for five years," he told Nation.

He was forced to take any type of job and he revealed in 2008, a businesswoman gave a boda-boda to do business and it's from there that he acquired his current boda-boda after saving.

"One day, around 2008, a businesswoman gave me her bike to do boda business. I did it for three years and saved Sh160,000 which I used to buy this bike," he explained.

Since then, Mwangi has taken the business seriously and revised a new method of attracting customers.

"I’ve been in the boda boda business since 2008 and the competition is real; so when I saw my colleagues souping up their bikes, I also tried everything but nothing seemed cool," Mwangi said.

Peter Mwangi has decorated his boda-boda with artificial grass an idea he invented less than two weeks ago

"This idea came to me less than two weeks ago and when I tried it, it looked great."

Mwangi revealed that his business has doubled ever since he pimped his boda-boda. Unlike earlier when he used to take home between Sh800 and Sh1,000 a day, now he earns double.

"Many people are attracted to my bike, even people in vehicles are begging for a ride."

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The boda-boda business is booming and Peter Mwangi said that it pays his bills.

"This bike feeds and clothes my family, hopefully, this idea will turn around the business," he said.

He also pimps motorbikes for fellow riders and he says it pays handsomely.

"For 1600cc bikes and above like mine I charge Sh10,000."

Mwangi says he faces quite a number of challenges especially when the motorbikes are of different sizes and makes

"It’s not an easy task since I have to fit the grass just right," he said.

Here are the photos of Peter Mwangi's boda-boda

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