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70-year-old ventures into stone-crushing to earn living

By Kevine Omollo | Nov. 21, 2014

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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