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After waking up at the crack of dawn, the first thing I do is check the sharpness of my machete in readiness for my job of selling sugarcane. This is something I’ve done religiously for the past 30 years that I’ve been in this business.
I operate from Karurumo market in Embu County. The heat spikes demand for my sugarcane. My shop is a simple wooden structure near the Karurumo-Ishiara road.
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