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![70-year-old Philister Juma at her site in Kadianga village in Nyakach, Kisumu County where she crushes stones to earn a living. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/ STANDARD]](https://cdn.standardmedia.co.ke/images/friday/STONEY.jpg) |
| 70-year-old Philister Juma at her site in Kadianga village in Nyakach, Kisumu County where she crushes stones to earn a living. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/ STANDARD] |
Kisumu, Kenya: Every morning Philister Juma makes way to her usual working place; a place she has called office for many years. Her job, hitting and breaking the hard rocks along Papa Onditi-Sondu road, is not an easy one for a woman her age.
At 70 years, not many may engage in energy draining activities or wake up as early as Ms Juma does, and worst still, physically crush ballast.
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