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Vet: I made my first million from these tomatoes

Elijah Gitari tends his tomatoes at his farm in Kang’aru area of Kirinyaga County. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Dr Elijah Gitari’s seven-acre farm is a marvel to behold with plots of healthy tomatoes at different stages of maturity

 “As a young man I did not love farming. I just tried crop cultivation to keep busy. But now this is my passion,” says Elijah Gitari, a successful tomato farmer in Kirinyaga County.

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