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Let's be realistic about the rags to riches stories

Stories of rags to riches have been told and retold in different settings. But how realistic are they? How replicable are they? If they were realistic, Kenya would be oversupplied with millionaires because our streets, villages and hamlets are overflowing with hustlers in rags.

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