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‘Fundis’ shortage spoils party for construction sector

For about five years, Rodgers Mathenge was an unskilled painter earning between Sh100 and Sh200 per square metre of painted surface. He rarely got painting jobs and in a month, he would be lucky to earn Sh20,000.

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