If your son scored a first class honours and was offered a job by employers like Safaricom, Pricewaterhouse, EABL, central bank etc, would you advice him to turn them down (like the guy did), and go to kitui to farm cabbages, and rear cows, so that he can be his own boss?

In my case I'd advice him to take up that management trainee job and work hard to become the CEO/boss of the company in a few yrs time. And also tell him to pursue his passion of farming cabbages on weekends instead of spending sat and sun in phombe joints. Or hire a manager for the farming venture.

I think we are all made differently and have different aspirations. Whereas some of us would opt to pursue our careers/professions in our organisations and work to rise to the top, others would be glad to go juakali and start machinani and earn a living from some cows and quails. Anyway at the end of the day what matters is the money. But if i were to chose between a jetset lifestyle as a top corporate executive and a farmer's life in kitui, then for me it's the former. I believe i can always grow cabbages anytime as a side hustle, and even in retirement. What if Lupita Nyongo had thrown away her degree in drama from Yale and gone to rear goats in Nyalgunga so as to be her own boss?

Exactly.

The largest problem facing Africa is food security. If you go through the story carefully, his farm is now being used for research/education in this critical area. Interestingly, he is doing it in an area that has been known of food shortage. Maybe he will proof that with a little bit of investment, no area of this country should suffer food shortage. About the CEO issue, I wonder how many of them are earning 16m. Majority have been employed to create and/further other people's dreams. Many leaves the dreams of their employers. As you rightly put it, kila nyani na starehe zake.