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Francis Kiragu at his power plant near Matiki meri waterfalls along River Thiba in Rukenya, Kirinyaga County. He quit police service to set up an industry powered by electricity tapped from a waterfall. BY JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD
“Francis Kinyua Kiragu is an entrepreneur with a difference. With little more than a water fall and some knowledge of engineering, he has managed to come up with a wonder machine that has made life for himself and those around him easier.”
I was full of joy when my story appeared in the Thursday Digest magazine inside the East African Standard of March 18, 1999, beginning with the above paragraph.
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