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Benson Muchangi (right) with friends at his nursery near Ngurubani town in Kirinyaga County. He deals in exotic, indigenous, ornamental and medicinal trees, flowers, and also sells pots and vases for planting the flowers. (PHOTO: BY JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD)
What began as a curious membership to a newly formed group engaged in farming activities for a Form Four leaver would turn out to be the best decision of his life.
Benson Muchangi had just sat his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam at Kamama Boys' High School in Embu County, when his father Elias Njiru prodded him to join Kamviu Farmers Group that dealt in tree nurseries, livestock and bee keeping.
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