I've lost my business to loans and chamas and I’m heavily in debt. Please save me.

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My name is Owen. I had been running a small electronics shop in Laikipia County until November last year. I had hoped that I could scale up but I ended up shutting down.

My business collapsed because of debts. I was paying rent at Sh12,000 per month for the shop. I had opened the shop using my savings of Sh250,000. I had started with simple electronics. I was doing well until I started joining merry-go-rounds in the same street where my business was situated.

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