In time his leg started regaining strength and he was able to secure better paid jobs, first as a waiter in a restaurant, then as construction worker and later as an employee in a bike repair workshop.
Baada ya muda alianza kupata nguvu zake tena na akawa na uwezo wa kupata kazi zenye malipo mazuri zaidi, kwanza kama mhudumu katika mgahawa, kisha mjenzi na baadae mfanyakazi katika duka la kutengeneza baiskeli.