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Widow loses land for failing to pay Sh400, 000 debt

Jane Gachigi Rwengo at her farm in Giakaibei Village in Mathira, Nyeri County on April 25, 2018. [Kibata Kihu/Standard]

A decision by a farmer to borrow money from her neighbour in Mathira has come back to haunt her years later.

Jane Rwengo, 52, from Giakaibei village is staring at imminent eviction from land that she and her two children have called home for the better part of their lives.

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