Pastor Paul Njiru turns unproductive coffee farm into lucrative banana plantation

Paul Njiru’s farm on his parent’s property is one busy place. Meticulous workers tend to plants and visitors from far and wide keenly take notes crowd the small farm in Iveche village, just outside Embu town.

But it was not always like this. Three years ago, poverty pervaded this compound. The mud houses that dotted the compound are now giving way to stone houses, a sign that its owners are doing well.