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Boon for locals as Kibwana’s flagship project roars to life

Employees sort mangoes at the Kalamba fruits factory in Makueni County. [John Muia, Standard]

Some minutes to noon on Friday, the multi-billion shilling flagship project which drove an immortal wedge between Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana and Members of County Assembly, roared to life.

As smoke from massive boilers and coolers of Makueni Fruit Processing Plant bellowed to the skies on the foothills of Nzaui hill in Kalamba, elated residents who stuck with the governor through the squabbles with the county assembly went into a frenzy.

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