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How former driver earns Sh6,000 daily from liquor bottles

Hezekiah Gatonye holds drinking glasses made from liqour bottles.Photo (Jacinta Mutura, Standard)

I make flower vases and jars from bottles from my home in Likii estate within Laikipia East. I started the business five years ago after I lost my job in Nairobi following a tragic road accident that left me severely injured.

I collect used bottles from dumpsites nearby bars or borrow from liquor shops.

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