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Meet Soin's skilled 'chair masters'

Shadrack Cheruiyot busy joining pieces. PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH

For the past decade, Soin Self Help Youth Group has been making and selling ‘mkunjo’ chairs and this has seen their fortunes change tremendously.

The name mkunjo is derived from the Swahili word ‘kunja’ which means to bend.

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