He saved to have his house built

By Stella Naigino

WHEN he started farming in 2001, Abudul Ssengendo did not know that he would build a house out of farming.

In the beginning he was doing farming on a small scale for home consumption but after realizing how profitable farming is, he decided to do it on a large scale.

“I wanted to be an example to others and also to show those who despise farming, that it’s a good thing, ”Ssengendo says.

Construction journey

For five years that Ssengendo practiced farming, he was dealing in different crops like maize, beans, greens and sweet potatoes.

“The money that came out of all these, I saved just to make something good out of it,” he says.

When the money accumulated up to shs 10 million, Ssengendo was impressed and he had to decide what to do with the money.

Since he was just renting the land that he was using for farming, he decided to use part of this money to buy land.

In 2003, he bought 3 acres of land at shs 5million in Kitale village Mukono district.

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He was left with shs 5million which he decided to invest in a charcoal business, so that he does business and farming as well.

After he had cultivated on his 3acre piece of land for four years, Sengendo, decided to construct his house on part of the 3 acre piece of land.

He decided to cut off a small plot of 50 by 1oo ft. so that he could build his three bed room house.

Today he walks around telling who ever cares to listen, that there is no bad job, what matters, is how you do your job.

How he built

Ssegendo used the money that came from his charcoal business and farming to build his home.

He decided to take it slow, but surely he achieved his dream house.

After his architectural design was approved, he shopped the building materials and kept them as he prepared to start off with the construction.

He hired builders around the village and he supervised the construction himself.

“I had heard of stories of builders stealing building materials so, I wanted to be sure my materials were safe,”Ssengendo says.

He built up to the foundation and after, he decided to take a rest for 4 months. After he built up to the beam and then rested again.

From the beam, he was determined to have his house completed so he decided to build until he finished.

Challenges

Ssengendo says apart from the high costs of building materials, building is fun he enjoyed the experience.

He also says that the rain disturbed them a lot that it washed away his sand making him spend more.

On his land, he has his home, poultry farm, puffery and also his gardens.